a+distinction

dēlectus, a, um, Part., from 1. deligo.

dēlectus or dīlectus (so often in best MSS., and adopted by Halm in Quint. and Cic., Weissenb. in Liv., Dietsch in Sall., and by Brambach, etc.; but Bait. and Kay. in Cic., Dinter and Nipperdey in Caes., delectus), ūs, m. [1. deligo], a choosing or picking out, a selecting; a selection, choice, distinction (freq. and class.).

In gen.:

utrimque tibi nunc dilectum para,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 157:

mihi quidem etiam lautius videtur, quod eligitur, et ad quod delectus adhibetur,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 90: earum rerum hic tenetur a sapiente delectus, ut, etc. (shortly before: cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio), id. ib. 1, 10, 33:

in hoc verborum genere propriorum delectus est quidam habendus,

id. de Or. 3, 37, 150; so, verborum, Caes. ap. Cic. Brut. 72, 253; Quint. 12, 9, 6; cf.:

rerum verborumque agendus,

id. 10, 3, 5:

verbis delectum adhibere,

Tac. Or. 22: cujus (euphônias) in eo dilectus est, ut, etc., Quint. 1, 5, 4:

judicum,

Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13:

omnium rerum delectum atque discrimen pecunia sustulisset,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 50;

so with discrimen,

id. Fin. 4, 25, 69:

magnus hominum et dignitatum,

id. Rep. 1, 34:

dignitatis,

id. Clu. 46; id. Off. 1, 14, 45:

acceptorum beneficiorum sunt delectus habendi,

id. ib. 1, 15, 49:

non delectu aliquo aut sapientia ducitur ad judicandum,

id. Planc. 4:

sine ullo delectu, sine populi Rom. notione, sine judicio senatus,

id. Agr. 2, 21 fin.; cf. Ov. M. 10, 325;

and on the contrary, cum delectu,

making a selection, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180; Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 18.—

Milit. t. t., a levy, a recruiting:

per legatos delectum habere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 1; so, delectum habere, a standing phrase for recruiting, id. ib. 7, 1; id. B. C. 1, 2; 1, 6; Cic. Phil. 5, 12; Sall. C. 36, 3; Liv. 2, 28; Tac. A. 13, 35 al.; cf.

the postAug. agere,

Quint. 12, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Tac. H. 2, 16; Suet. Calig. 43 al.:

conficere,

Liv. 25, 5:

quas (legiones) ex novo delectu confecerat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

exercitus superbissimo delectu collectus,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 2 fin.:

provincialis,

made in the province, provincial, id. Fam. 15, 1 fin.:

in bella,

Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66.—

Meton. (abstr. pro concreto), the men levied, a levy:

e Britannico delectu octo milia sibi adjunxit,

Tac. H. 2, 57.

densus, a, um, adj. [kindred with dasus, daulos (i. e. dasulos); cf. Lat. dumus, old form dusmus, and dumetum], thick, dense, i. e. consisting of parts crowded together. opp. to rarus (on the contrary, crassus, thick, is opp. to thin, fluid; and spissus, close, compact, with the predominant idea of impenetrability; cf. also: angustus, artus, solidus—class. and freq., esp. in poets and historians; in Cic. very rare).

Lit.

In space:

ne dum variantia rerum Tanta queat densis rarisque ex ignibus esse,

Lucr. 1, 654; cf. Verg. G. 1, 419 (for which densatus et laxatus aër, Quint. 5, 9, 16); and:

(terra) Rara sit an supra morem si densa requiras... Densa magis Cereri, rarissima quaeque Lyaeo,

Verg. G. 2, 227 sq.: densa et glutinosa terra, Col. praef. § 24: silva, poëta ap. Cic. Att. 12, 15; cf.:

densiores silvae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 2:

densissimae silvae,

id. ib. 4, 38, 3:

lucus densissimae opacitatis,

Front. Strat. 1, 11, 10:

denso corpore nubes,

Lucr. 6, 361; cf.:

denso agmine,

id. 6, 100; so,

agmen (sc. navium),

Verg. A. 5, 834:

densum umeris vulgus,

Hor. Od. 2, 13, 32 et saep.:

tunicae,

Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77:

zmaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 68:

litus,

sandy, Ov. M. 2, 576; cf. Verg. G. 2, 275:

aequor,

i. e. frozen. Luc. 2, 640:

aër,

Hor. Od. 2, 7, 14; cf.

caelum,

Cels. 1 praef.; 3, 22:

nimbi,

Ov. M. 1, 269:

caligo,

Verg. A. 12, 466; cf.:

densissima nox,

pitch-dark night, Ov. M. 15, 31: umbra, Catull. 65, 13; Hor. Od. 1, 7, 20 et saep.—

Without distinction, corresp. with crassus,

Lucr. 6, 246 al. —

Poet. with abl., thickly set with, covered with, full of: loca silvestribus sepibus densa, poëta ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 42 fin.; cf.:

specus virgis ac vimine,

Ov. M. 3, 29:

vallis piceis et acuta cupressu,

id. ib. 3, 155:

Thybris verticibus,

id. F. 6, 502:

ficus pomis,

id. ib. 2, 253:

corpora setis,

id. M. 13, 846; cf. id. Am. 3, 1, 32:

femina crinibus emptis,

id. A. A. 3, 165:

funale lampadibus,

id. M. 12, 247: trames [p. 547] caligine opaca (coupled with obscurus), id. ib. 10, 54 et saep.—

Transf., of the parts themselves which are crowded together, thick, close, set close:

superiorem partem collis densissimis castris (sc. trinis) compleverant,

pitched very near together, Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

sepes,

id. ib. 2, 22:

frutices,

Ov. M. 1, 122:

ilex,

id. F. 2, 165 et saep.:

hostes,

Verg. A. 2, 511:

ministri,

id. M. 2, 717:

densior suboles,

Verg. G. 3, 308:

dens (pectinis),

Tib. 1, 9, 68:

comae,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 42; cf.

pilae,

id. F. 2, 348 et saep.— Poet.:

densorum turba malorum,

Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 41.—

In time, of things which take place in close succession, thick, frequent, continuous (mostly poet.):

ictus,

Verg. A. 5, 459; cf.

plagae,

Hor. Od. 3, 5, 31:

Aquilo,

strong, powerful, Verg. G. 3, 196:

silentia,

deep, profound, Val. Fl. 3, 604:

amores,

Verg. G. 4, 347:

pericula,

Ov. P. 4, 7, 15:

usus,

id. ib. 4, 3, 15:

ictus,

Amm. 15, 5, 31. —

Trop. of speech, condensed, concise:

vox atrox in ira, et aspera ac densa,

coarse, Quint. 11, 3, 63:

tanta vis in eo (sc. Demosthene) tam densa omnia, etc.,

id. 10, 1, 76; cf. transf. to the writer himself: densior ille (sc. Demosthenes), hic (sc. Cicero) copiosior, ib. § 106: densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides, ib. § 73: (Euripides) sententiis densus, ib. § 68.— Adv.: densē (very rare).

In space, thickly, closely, close together:

caesae alni,

Plin. 16, 37, 67, § 173:

calcatum quam densissime,

Vitr. 5, 12 med.:

milites densius se commovebant,

Amm. 24, 6, 8.—

(Acc. to no. I. B. 2.) In time, frequently, rapidly, one after the other:

quod in perpetuitate dicendi eluceat aliquando, idem apud alios densius, apud alios fortasse rarius,

Cic. Or. 2, 7:

nulla tamen subeunt mihi tempora densius istis,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 11:

replicatis quaestionibus dense,

Amm. 29, 3 fin.

dī-rĭgo or dērĭgo (the latter form preferred by Roby, L. G. 2, p. 387; cf. Rib. Proleg. ad Verg. p. 401 sq.; so Liv. 21, 19, 1; 21, 47, 8; 22, 28 Weissenb.; id. 22, 47, 2 Drak.; Lach. ad Lucr. 4, 609; Tac. A. 6, 40 Ritter; acc. to Brambach, s. v., the two forms are different words, de-rigo meaning to give a particular direction to; di-rigo, to arrange in distinct lines, set or move different ways; cf. describo and discribo. But the distinction is not observed in the MSS. and edd. generally), rexi, rectum, 3 ( perf. sync. direxti, Verg. A. 6, 57), v. a. [dis-rego], to lay straight, set in a straight line, to arrange, draw up (class.; cf.: guberno, collineo, teneo).

Lit.

In gen.:

coronam si diviseris, arcus erit: si direxeris, virga,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 10:

haec directa materia injecta consternebantur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 8:

crates,

id. B. C. 3, 46, 5:

naves ante portum,

Liv. 37, 31; cf.:

naves in pugnam,

id. 22, 19:

vicos,

i. e. to build regularly, id. 5, 55; cf.

castella,

Flor. 4, 12, 26:

molem recta fronte,

Curt. 4, 3 et saep.:

regiones lituo,

i. e. to lay out, bound, Cic. Div. 1, 17; cf.:

finem alicui veterem viam regiam,

Liv. 39, 27.—Esp. freq.:

aciem,

to draw up the troops in battle array, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 5; Liv. 21, 47 fin.; 34, 28; Front. Strat. 1, 12, 3; 2, 1, 4 et saep.; cf.

frontem,

Quint. 2, 13, 3; 5, 13, 11:

membrana plumbo derecta,

ruled with a lead-pencil, Cat. 22, 7.—

Perh. i. q., to split, cleave in twain:

elephantum machaeră dirigit,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 54 (dub.); cf.: dirigere apud Plautum invenitur pro discidere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 69, 15 Müll.—

In partic., with respect to the terminus, to send in a straight line, to direct to a place (so most freq.):

ex vestigio vela ad castra Corneliana,

Caes. B. C. 2, 25, 6:

aciem ad te,

Cat. 63, 56:

cursum ad litora,

Caes. B. C. 3, 25, 4: iter ad Mutinam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 112 et saep.—Afterwards more freq. with in:

equum in consulem,

Liv. 2, 6:

currum in hostem,

Ov. M. 12, 78:

tela manusque in corpus Aeacidae,

Verg. A. 6, 57; Front. Strat. 3, 3, 4:

hastam in te,

Ov. M. 8, 66; cf.:

dentes in inguina,

id. ib. 8, 400:

cursum in Africam,

Vell. 2, 19 fin.:

cursum per auras in lucos,

Verg. A. 6, 195 et saep.:

navem eo,

Nep. Chabr. 4, 2:

gressum huc,

Verg. A. 5, 162; 11, 855 et saep.; and poet. with the dat.:

Ilo hastam,

Verg. A. 10, 401 et saep.—Without designating the limit:

ab iisdem (Etesiis) maritimi cursus (i. e. navium) celeres et certi diriguntur,

to be directed, steered, Cic. N. D. 2, 53:

iter navis,

Ov. F. 1, 4:

cursum,

Front. Strat. 3, 13, 6; esp. freq. of weapons, to aim, direct:

spicula,

Verg. A. 7, 497; Ov. M. 12, 606:

hastile,

Verg. A. 12, 490:

tela,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 18:

sagittas,

Suet. Dom. 19 et saep.— Poet.:

vulnera,

Verg. A. 10, 140; Sil. 2, 92 Drak.; Tac. H. 2, 35; cf.:

vulnera alicui,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 160.

Trop.

In gen., to set in order, arrange (very rare):

materias divisione dirigere,

Quint. 2, 6, 1.—Far more freq. (esp. in Cic. and Quint.),

In partic.: aliquid ad or in aliquid; also: aliqua re, to direct, guide, arrange a thing either to something (as its aim, scope) or according to something (as its rule or pattern).

With ad: meas cogitationes sic dirigo, non ad illam parvulam Cynosuram sed, etc., Ac. 2, 20, 66; cf.:

orationem ad exempla,

id. Rep. 2, 31 fin.; Quint. 10, 2, 1:

judicium ad ea,

id. 6, 5, 2:

se ad id quod, etc.,

id. 12, 3, 8; cf.:

se ad ea effingenda,

id. 10, 1, 127:

praecipua rerum ad famam,

Tac. A. 4, 40 et saep.—In a different sense (viz., with ad equiv. to secundum, v. ad):

in verbis et eligendis et collocandis nihil non ad rationem,

Cic. Brut. 37, 140:

vitam ad certam rationis normam,

to conform, id. Mur. 2:

leges hominum ad naturam,

id. Leg. 2, 5 fin.; id. Or. 2 fin. et saep.—

With in (not so in Cic.):

tota mente (intentionem) in opus ipsum,

Quint. 10, 3, 28:

communes locos in vitia,

id. 2, 1, 11; Front. Strat. 3, 2, 2 et saep.—

With abl. (only in Cic.):

quos (fines) utilitate aut voluptate dirigunt,

Cic. Fin. 5, 20 fin.:

omnia voluptate,

id. ib. 2, 22, 71:

utilitatem honestate,

id. Off. 3, 21, 83:

haec normā,

id. de Or. 3, 49, 190.—

Without an object:

(divinatio) ad veritatem saepissime dirigit,

Cic. Div. 1, 14 fin. —

With acc. only: epistolam (sc. ad aliquem), to write, Capit. Clod. Alb. 2.—

With adversus, Quint. 5, 7, 6.—Hence, dīrectus ( dērectus), a, um, P. a., made straight, straight, direct, whether horizontally or perpendicularly; straight, level; upright, steep.

Lit.:

auditus flexuosum iter habet, ne quid intrare possit, si simplex et directum pateret,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; cf.

aes (tubae), opp. flexum,

Ov. M. 1, 98:

iter,

Caes. B. C. 3, 79, 2: latera, id. B. G. 7, 72, 1; cf.

trabes,

id. ib. 7, 23, 1:

ordo (olearum),

Cic. Caecin. 8, 22:

arcus (opp. obliquus),

Ov. M. 2, 129:

paries,

i. e. that cuts another at right angles, Cic. Top. 4: ut directiores ictus flant, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 2:

praeruptus locus utraque ex parte directus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 3:

(Henna) ab omni aditu circumcisa atque directa,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48 Zumpt N. cr.:

cornu,

Caes. B. G. 6, 26.— Subst.: dī-rectum, i, n., a straight line:

in directo pedum VIII. esse, in anfracto XVI.,

in a straight line, Varr. L. L. 7, § 15 Müll.; so,

altitudo (montis) per directum IV. M. pass.,

Plin. 5, 22, 18, § 80; cf. id. 3, 5, 9, § 66 al.:

cadere in directum moderate (with exire per devexum),

Sen. Q. N. 6, 20; Vulg. Ezech. 47, 20 al.—

Trop., straightforward, unceremonious, open, simple, direct:

o praeclaram beate vivendi et apertam et simplicem et directam viam,

Cic. Fin. 1, 18; cf.:

iter ad laudem,

id. Cael. 17, 41:

vera illa et directa ratio,

id. ib. 18:

tristis ac directus senex,

id. ib. 16, 38; cf.:

quid est in judicio? Directum, asperum, simplex, SI PARET HS ICCC DARI,

id. Rosc. Com. 4, 11:

percunctatio et denuntiatio belli,

Liv. 21, 19; cf.

contiones,

Just. 38, 3 fin. (v. obliquus):

verba,

Cod. Just. 6, 23, 15:

actio,

Dig. 3, 5, 46; 9, 4, 26 et saep.; cf.

institutio (opp. precaria),

id. 29, 1, 19:

libertates (opp. fideicommissariae),

id. 29, 4, 12.— Adv.

dīrectē, directly, straight (very rare):

dicere,

Cic. Part. Or. 7, 24:

ire,

Vulg. Sap. 5, 22.—Far more freq.,

dīrectō, directly, straight:

deorsum ferri,

Cic. N. D. 1, 25:

transversas trabes,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2:

ad fidem spectare,

Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46; so id. Div. 2, 61 fin. (opp. anfractus and circuitio); Liv. 1, 11 fin.; Sen. Ep. 66; Dig. 9, 4, 26 al. —

dīrectā:

quo magis ursimus alte directā,

press deep down perpendicularly, Lucr. 2, 198.—

dīrectim, straightway, directly (post-class.), App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 34; Macr. S. 7, 12 fin.—Comp.:

directius gubernare,

Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66.— Sup. seems not to occur either in the adj. or in the adv.

dīvus, a, um, also dīus, a, um, (without the digamma) adj. [dios], of or belonging to a deity, divine.

Prop. (mostly archaic and poet.). As an adj. very rarely: res [p. 604] divas edicit, Naev. ap. Non. 197, 15; so,

diva caro,

Prud. Psych. 76: DIUM fulgur appellabant diurnum, quod putabant Jovis, ut nocturnum Summani, Paul. ex Fest. p. 75, 14 Müll.—Far more freq.,

Subst.: dīvus ( dīus), i, m., and dīva ( dia), ae, f., a god, a goddess, a deity.

Form dīvus: si divus, si diva, esset, etc., a precatory formula in Liv. 7, 26; cf. ib. 29, 27; 8, 9:

is divus (sc. Apollo) exstinguet perduelles vestros, Carm. Marcii,

ib. 25, 12; cf.:

dive, quem proles Niobea, etc.,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 1:

mortalin' decuit violari vulnere divum?

Verg. A. 12, 797:

utinam me divi adaxint ad suspendium,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 11:

divi,

Lucr. 6, 387; Verg. A. 3, 363; 12, 28; Hor. C. 4, 2, 38 al.:

divos,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 133; Cic. Leg. 2, 8; Verg. E. 1, 42; id. A. 3, 222; Hor. C. 2, 8, 11; id. S. 2, 3, 176 et saep.: divumque hominumque pater, rex, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 65 Müll.; Verg. A. 1, 65; 2, 648; 10, 2 et saep.:

divom atque hominum clamat fidem,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 20; cf.:

pro divum fidem,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 28;

more rarely, divorum,

Verg. A. 7, 211:

(munera) digna diva venustissima Venere,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 4:

Turni sic est affata sororem Diva deam,

i. e. Juno, Verg. A. 12, 139; cf. id. ib. 1, 447;

482: Diva Bona for Bona Dea,

Ov. F. 5, 148: divos scelerare parentes, the family gods = theoi patrôoi, Cat. 64, 404.—

Form dīus: Dii Indigetes Diique Manes, a precatory formula in Liv. 8, 9: Dia Dearum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 22, ed. Vahl.); cf.:

DEA DIA,

i. e. Ceres, Inscr. Orell. 961 and 1499: Venus pulcherrima dium, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31.—

Transf.

Godlike, divine, an epithet applied to any thing deified or of extraordinary excellence or distinction:

urbi Romae divae,

Liv. 43, 6; cf.

sarcastically: est ergo flamen, ut Jovi, etc., sic divo Julio M. Antonius,

Cic. Phil. 2, 43: Romule die, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64 (Ann. v. 115, ed. Vahl.): Ilia dia nepos, id. ap. Fest. p. 286, 16 Müll. (Ann. v. 56, ed. Vahl.):

dia Camilla,

Verg. A. 11, 657:

dias in luminis oras,

Lucr. 1, 22; so,

Voluptas,

id. 2, 172:

otia,

id. 5, 1389: profundum (cf. hals dia), Ov. M. 4, 537:

sententia Catonis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 32:

poëmata,

Pers. 1, 31 et saep.—After the Aug. period divus became a frequent epithet for the deceased Roman emperors in the historians, and on coins and inscriptions, Suet. Dom. 23; Liv. Epit. 137.—

dīvum, i, n., the sky, Varr. L. L. 5, § 65 Müll.—Esp. freq., sub divo, like sub Jove, under the open sky, in the open air, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 19 Zumpt N. cr.; Varr. L. L. l. l.; Cels. 1, 2; Suet. Caes. 72; Verg. G. 3, 435; Hor. C. 2, 3, 23 et saep.:

sub divum rapiam,

id. ib. 1, 18, 13.

dī-rĭgo or dērĭgo (the latter form preferred by Roby, L. G. 2, p. 387; cf. Rib. Proleg. ad Verg. p. 401 sq.; so Liv. 21, 19, 1; 21, 47, 8; 22, 28 Weissenb.; id. 22, 47, 2 Drak.; Lach. ad Lucr. 4, 609; Tac. A. 6, 40 Ritter; acc. to Brambach, s. v., the two forms are different words, de-rigo meaning to give a particular direction to; di-rigo, to arrange in distinct lines, set or move different ways; cf. describo and discribo. But the distinction is not observed in the MSS. and edd. generally), rexi, rectum, 3 ( perf. sync. direxti, Verg. A. 6, 57), v. a. [dis-rego], to lay straight, set in a straight line, to arrange, draw up (class.; cf.: guberno, collineo, teneo).

Lit.

In gen.:

coronam si diviseris, arcus erit: si direxeris, virga,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 10:

haec directa materia injecta consternebantur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 8:

crates,

id. B. C. 3, 46, 5:

naves ante portum,

Liv. 37, 31; cf.:

naves in pugnam,

id. 22, 19:

vicos,

i. e. to build regularly, id. 5, 55; cf.

castella,

Flor. 4, 12, 26:

molem recta fronte,

Curt. 4, 3 et saep.:

regiones lituo,

i. e. to lay out, bound, Cic. Div. 1, 17; cf.:

finem alicui veterem viam regiam,

Liv. 39, 27.—Esp. freq.:

aciem,

to draw up the troops in battle array, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 5; Liv. 21, 47 fin.; 34, 28; Front. Strat. 1, 12, 3; 2, 1, 4 et saep.; cf.

frontem,

Quint. 2, 13, 3; 5, 13, 11:

membrana plumbo derecta,

ruled with a lead-pencil, Cat. 22, 7.—

Perh. i. q., to split, cleave in twain:

elephantum machaeră dirigit,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 54 (dub.); cf.: dirigere apud Plautum invenitur pro discidere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 69, 15 Müll.—

In partic., with respect to the terminus, to send in a straight line, to direct to a place (so most freq.):

ex vestigio vela ad castra Corneliana,

Caes. B. C. 2, 25, 6:

aciem ad te,

Cat. 63, 56:

cursum ad litora,

Caes. B. C. 3, 25, 4: iter ad Mutinam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 112 et saep.—Afterwards more freq. with in:

equum in consulem,

Liv. 2, 6:

currum in hostem,

Ov. M. 12, 78:

tela manusque in corpus Aeacidae,

Verg. A. 6, 57; Front. Strat. 3, 3, 4:

hastam in te,

Ov. M. 8, 66; cf.:

dentes in inguina,

id. ib. 8, 400:

cursum in Africam,

Vell. 2, 19 fin.:

cursum per auras in lucos,

Verg. A. 6, 195 et saep.:

navem eo,

Nep. Chabr. 4, 2:

gressum huc,

Verg. A. 5, 162; 11, 855 et saep.; and poet. with the dat.:

Ilo hastam,

Verg. A. 10, 401 et saep.—Without designating the limit:

ab iisdem (Etesiis) maritimi cursus (i. e. navium) celeres et certi diriguntur,

to be directed, steered, Cic. N. D. 2, 53:

iter navis,

Ov. F. 1, 4:

cursum,

Front. Strat. 3, 13, 6; esp. freq. of weapons, to aim, direct:

spicula,

Verg. A. 7, 497; Ov. M. 12, 606:

hastile,

Verg. A. 12, 490:

tela,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 18:

sagittas,

Suet. Dom. 19 et saep.— Poet.:

vulnera,

Verg. A. 10, 140; Sil. 2, 92 Drak.; Tac. H. 2, 35; cf.:

vulnera alicui,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 160.

Trop.

In gen., to set in order, arrange (very rare):

materias divisione dirigere,

Quint. 2, 6, 1.—Far more freq. (esp. in Cic. and Quint.),

In partic.: aliquid ad or in aliquid; also: aliqua re, to direct, guide, arrange a thing either to something (as its aim, scope) or according to something (as its rule or pattern).

With ad: meas cogitationes sic dirigo, non ad illam parvulam Cynosuram sed, etc., Ac. 2, 20, 66; cf.:

orationem ad exempla,

id. Rep. 2, 31 fin.; Quint. 10, 2, 1:

judicium ad ea,

id. 6, 5, 2:

se ad id quod, etc.,

id. 12, 3, 8; cf.:

se ad ea effingenda,

id. 10, 1, 127:

praecipua rerum ad famam,

Tac. A. 4, 40 et saep.—In a different sense (viz., with ad equiv. to secundum, v. ad):

in verbis et eligendis et collocandis nihil non ad rationem,

Cic. Brut. 37, 140:

vitam ad certam rationis normam,

to conform, id. Mur. 2:

leges hominum ad naturam,

id. Leg. 2, 5 fin.; id. Or. 2 fin. et saep.—

With in (not so in Cic.):

tota mente (intentionem) in opus ipsum,

Quint. 10, 3, 28:

communes locos in vitia,

id. 2, 1, 11; Front. Strat. 3, 2, 2 et saep.—

With abl. (only in Cic.):

quos (fines) utilitate aut voluptate dirigunt,

Cic. Fin. 5, 20 fin.:

omnia voluptate,

id. ib. 2, 22, 71:

utilitatem honestate,

id. Off. 3, 21, 83:

haec normā,

id. de Or. 3, 49, 190.—

Without an object:

(divinatio) ad veritatem saepissime dirigit,

Cic. Div. 1, 14 fin. —

With acc. only: epistolam (sc. ad aliquem), to write, Capit. Clod. Alb. 2.—

With adversus, Quint. 5, 7, 6.—Hence, dīrectus ( dērectus), a, um, P. a., made straight, straight, direct, whether horizontally or perpendicularly; straight, level; upright, steep.

Lit.:

auditus flexuosum iter habet, ne quid intrare possit, si simplex et directum pateret,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; cf.

aes (tubae), opp. flexum,

Ov. M. 1, 98:

iter,

Caes. B. C. 3, 79, 2: latera, id. B. G. 7, 72, 1; cf.

trabes,

id. ib. 7, 23, 1:

ordo (olearum),

Cic. Caecin. 8, 22:

arcus (opp. obliquus),

Ov. M. 2, 129:

paries,

i. e. that cuts another at right angles, Cic. Top. 4: ut directiores ictus flant, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 2:

praeruptus locus utraque ex parte directus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 3:

(Henna) ab omni aditu circumcisa atque directa,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48 Zumpt N. cr.:

cornu,

Caes. B. G. 6, 26.— Subst.: dī-rectum, i, n., a straight line:

in directo pedum VIII. esse, in anfracto XVI.,

in a straight line, Varr. L. L. 7, § 15 Müll.; so,

altitudo (montis) per directum IV. M. pass.,

Plin. 5, 22, 18, § 80; cf. id. 3, 5, 9, § 66 al.:

cadere in directum moderate (with exire per devexum),

Sen. Q. N. 6, 20; Vulg. Ezech. 47, 20 al.—

Trop., straightforward, unceremonious, open, simple, direct:

o praeclaram beate vivendi et apertam et simplicem et directam viam,

Cic. Fin. 1, 18; cf.:

iter ad laudem,

id. Cael. 17, 41:

vera illa et directa ratio,

id. ib. 18:

tristis ac directus senex,

id. ib. 16, 38; cf.:

quid est in judicio? Directum, asperum, simplex, SI PARET HS ICCC DARI,

id. Rosc. Com. 4, 11:

percunctatio et denuntiatio belli,

Liv. 21, 19; cf.

contiones,

Just. 38, 3 fin. (v. obliquus):

verba,

Cod. Just. 6, 23, 15:

actio,

Dig. 3, 5, 46; 9, 4, 26 et saep.; cf.

institutio (opp. precaria),

id. 29, 1, 19:

libertates (opp. fideicommissariae),

id. 29, 4, 12.— Adv.

dīrectē, directly, straight (very rare):

dicere,

Cic. Part. Or. 7, 24:

ire,

Vulg. Sap. 5, 22.—Far more freq.,

dīrectō, directly, straight:

deorsum ferri,

Cic. N. D. 1, 25:

transversas trabes,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2:

ad fidem spectare,

Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46; so id. Div. 2, 61 fin. (opp. anfractus and circuitio); Liv. 1, 11 fin.; Sen. Ep. 66; Dig. 9, 4, 26 al. —

dīrectā:

quo magis ursimus alte directā,

press deep down perpendicularly, Lucr. 2, 198.—

dīrectim, straightway, directly (post-class.), App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 34; Macr. S. 7, 12 fin.—Comp.:

directius gubernare,

Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66.— Sup. seems not to occur either in the adj. or in the adv.

dī-rĭgo or dērĭgo (the latter form preferred by Roby, L. G. 2, p. 387; cf. Rib. Proleg. ad Verg. p. 401 sq.; so Liv. 21, 19, 1; 21, 47, 8; 22, 28 Weissenb.; id. 22, 47, 2 Drak.; Lach. ad Lucr. 4, 609; Tac. A. 6, 40 Ritter; acc. to Brambach, s. v., the two forms are different words, de-rigo meaning to give a particular direction to; di-rigo, to arrange in distinct lines, set or move different ways; cf. describo and discribo. But the distinction is not observed in the MSS. and edd. generally), rexi, rectum, 3 ( perf. sync. direxti, Verg. A. 6, 57), v. a. [dis-rego], to lay straight, set in a straight line, to arrange, draw up (class.; cf.: guberno, collineo, teneo).

Lit.

In gen.:

coronam si diviseris, arcus erit: si direxeris, virga,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 10:

haec directa materia injecta consternebantur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 8:

crates,

id. B. C. 3, 46, 5:

naves ante portum,

Liv. 37, 31; cf.:

naves in pugnam,

id. 22, 19:

vicos,

i. e. to build regularly, id. 5, 55; cf.

castella,

Flor. 4, 12, 26:

molem recta fronte,

Curt. 4, 3 et saep.:

regiones lituo,

i. e. to lay out, bound, Cic. Div. 1, 17; cf.:

finem alicui veterem viam regiam,

Liv. 39, 27.—Esp. freq.:

aciem,

to draw up the troops in battle array, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 5; Liv. 21, 47 fin.; 34, 28; Front. Strat. 1, 12, 3; 2, 1, 4 et saep.; cf.

frontem,

Quint. 2, 13, 3; 5, 13, 11:

membrana plumbo derecta,

ruled with a lead-pencil, Cat. 22, 7.—

Perh. i. q., to split, cleave in twain:

elephantum machaeră dirigit,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 54 (dub.); cf.: dirigere apud Plautum invenitur pro discidere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 69, 15 Müll.—

In partic., with respect to the terminus, to send in a straight line, to direct to a place (so most freq.):

ex vestigio vela ad castra Corneliana,

Caes. B. C. 2, 25, 6:

aciem ad te,

Cat. 63, 56:

cursum ad litora,

Caes. B. C. 3, 25, 4: iter ad Mutinam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 112 et saep.—Afterwards more freq. with in:

equum in consulem,

Liv. 2, 6:

currum in hostem,

Ov. M. 12, 78:

tela manusque in corpus Aeacidae,

Verg. A. 6, 57; Front. Strat. 3, 3, 4:

hastam in te,

Ov. M. 8, 66; cf.:

dentes in inguina,

id. ib. 8, 400:

cursum in Africam,

Vell. 2, 19 fin.:

cursum per auras in lucos,

Verg. A. 6, 195 et saep.:

navem eo,

Nep. Chabr. 4, 2:

gressum huc,

Verg. A. 5, 162; 11, 855 et saep.; and poet. with the dat.:

Ilo hastam,

Verg. A. 10, 401 et saep.—Without designating the limit:

ab iisdem (Etesiis) maritimi cursus (i. e. navium) celeres et certi diriguntur,

to be directed, steered, Cic. N. D. 2, 53:

iter navis,

Ov. F. 1, 4:

cursum,

Front. Strat. 3, 13, 6; esp. freq. of weapons, to aim, direct:

spicula,

Verg. A. 7, 497; Ov. M. 12, 606:

hastile,

Verg. A. 12, 490:

tela,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 18:

sagittas,

Suet. Dom. 19 et saep.— Poet.:

vulnera,

Verg. A. 10, 140; Sil. 2, 92 Drak.; Tac. H. 2, 35; cf.:

vulnera alicui,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 160.

Trop.

In gen., to set in order, arrange (very rare):

materias divisione dirigere,

Quint. 2, 6, 1.—Far more freq. (esp. in Cic. and Quint.),

In partic.: aliquid ad or in aliquid; also: aliqua re, to direct, guide, arrange a thing either to something (as its aim, scope) or according to something (as its rule or pattern).

With ad: meas cogitationes sic dirigo, non ad illam parvulam Cynosuram sed, etc., Ac. 2, 20, 66; cf.:

orationem ad exempla,

id. Rep. 2, 31 fin.; Quint. 10, 2, 1:

judicium ad ea,

id. 6, 5, 2:

se ad id quod, etc.,

id. 12, 3, 8; cf.:

se ad ea effingenda,

id. 10, 1, 127:

praecipua rerum ad famam,

Tac. A. 4, 40 et saep.—In a different sense (viz., with ad equiv. to secundum, v. ad):

in verbis et eligendis et collocandis nihil non ad rationem,

Cic. Brut. 37, 140:

vitam ad certam rationis normam,

to conform, id. Mur. 2:

leges hominum ad naturam,

id. Leg. 2, 5 fin.; id. Or. 2 fin. et saep.—

With in (not so in Cic.):

tota mente (intentionem) in opus ipsum,

Quint. 10, 3, 28:

communes locos in vitia,

id. 2, 1, 11; Front. Strat. 3, 2, 2 et saep.—

With abl. (only in Cic.):

quos (fines) utilitate aut voluptate dirigunt,

Cic. Fin. 5, 20 fin.:

omnia voluptate,

id. ib. 2, 22, 71:

utilitatem honestate,

id. Off. 3, 21, 83:

haec normā,

id. de Or. 3, 49, 190.—

Without an object:

(divinatio) ad veritatem saepissime dirigit,

Cic. Div. 1, 14 fin. —

With acc. only: epistolam (sc. ad aliquem), to write, Capit. Clod. Alb. 2.—

With adversus, Quint. 5, 7, 6.—Hence, dīrectus ( dērectus), a, um, P. a., made straight, straight, direct, whether horizontally or perpendicularly; straight, level; upright, steep.

Lit.:

auditus flexuosum iter habet, ne quid intrare possit, si simplex et directum pateret,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; cf.

aes (tubae), opp. flexum,

Ov. M. 1, 98:

iter,

Caes. B. C. 3, 79, 2: latera, id. B. G. 7, 72, 1; cf.

trabes,

id. ib. 7, 23, 1:

ordo (olearum),

Cic. Caecin. 8, 22:

arcus (opp. obliquus),

Ov. M. 2, 129:

paries,

i. e. that cuts another at right angles, Cic. Top. 4: ut directiores ictus flant, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 2:

praeruptus locus utraque ex parte directus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 3:

(Henna) ab omni aditu circumcisa atque directa,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48 Zumpt N. cr.:

cornu,

Caes. B. G. 6, 26.— Subst.: dī-rectum, i, n., a straight line:

in directo pedum VIII. esse, in anfracto XVI.,

in a straight line, Varr. L. L. 7, § 15 Müll.; so,

altitudo (montis) per directum IV. M. pass.,

Plin. 5, 22, 18, § 80; cf. id. 3, 5, 9, § 66 al.:

cadere in directum moderate (with exire per devexum),

Sen. Q. N. 6, 20; Vulg. Ezech. 47, 20 al.—

Trop., straightforward, unceremonious, open, simple, direct:

o praeclaram beate vivendi et apertam et simplicem et directam viam,

Cic. Fin. 1, 18; cf.:

iter ad laudem,

id. Cael. 17, 41:

vera illa et directa ratio,

id. ib. 18:

tristis ac directus senex,

id. ib. 16, 38; cf.:

quid est in judicio? Directum, asperum, simplex, SI PARET HS ICCC DARI,

id. Rosc. Com. 4, 11:

percunctatio et denuntiatio belli,

Liv. 21, 19; cf.

contiones,

Just. 38, 3 fin. (v. obliquus):

verba,

Cod. Just. 6, 23, 15:

actio,

Dig. 3, 5, 46; 9, 4, 26 et saep.; cf.

institutio (opp. precaria),

id. 29, 1, 19:

libertates (opp. fideicommissariae),

id. 29, 4, 12.— Adv.

dīrectē, directly, straight (very rare):

dicere,

Cic. Part. Or. 7, 24:

ire,

Vulg. Sap. 5, 22.—Far more freq.,

dīrectō, directly, straight:

deorsum ferri,

Cic. N. D. 1, 25:

transversas trabes,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2:

ad fidem spectare,

Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46; so id. Div. 2, 61 fin. (opp. anfractus and circuitio); Liv. 1, 11 fin.; Sen. Ep. 66; Dig. 9, 4, 26 al. —

dīrectā:

quo magis ursimus alte directā,

press deep down perpendicularly, Lucr. 2, 198.—

dīrectim, straightway, directly (post-class.), App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 34; Macr. S. 7, 12 fin.—Comp.:

directius gubernare,

Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66.— Sup. seems not to occur either in the adj. or in the adv.

dis-cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3, v. a., to separate, set apart.

Lit., to separate, part, divide (freq. since the Aug. per.):

equas, ne inter se pugnare possint,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 10: ordines (preceded by senatus a populo secretus), Liv. 34, 54:

lignum a carnibus,

Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 33:

Lusitaniam a Baetica,

id. 4, 21, 35, § 116:

neque mons erat, qui fines eorum discerneret,

i. e. to mark out, determine, Sall. J. 79, 3; cf. poet.:

(saxum) telas auro,

to interweave with gold, Verg. A. 4, 264; 11, 75:

haec ipsa fortuna huc illucve discernit,

divides, distributes, Cels. 7, 3.—In the part. perf., divided, separated:

duae urbes, magno inter se spatio discretae,

Liv. 27, 39 fin.; cf.:

Peraea a ceteris Judaeis Jordane amne,

Plin. 5, 14, 15, § 70:

Philippus mari tantum Ionio discretus,

Liv. 23, 33; so,

sol tanto intervallo,

Plin. 2, 11, 8, § 50:

uxor velo,

id. Ep. 4, 19, 3:

ager saxo,

Stat. Th. 5, 559:

decurias pluribus nominibus,

Plin. 33, 2, 7, § 31 et saep.— Of the hair, parted:

discretaque collo Caesaries,

Grat. Cyn. 272:

divisa discretaque tellus,

divided and separated, Lucr. 5, 1441:

tellus (opp. permixta),

id. 691:

ubi discretas insula rumpit aquas,

Ov. F. 2, 194:

sedes piorum,

set apart, retired, Hor. C. 2, 13, 23:

quae cum sint turpissima discreta ac separata, turpius junguntur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 6 fin.:

septem discretus in ostia Nilus,

Ov. M. 5, 324 (for which: septem digestum in cornua Nilum, id. ib. 9, 774); cf. Quint. 7, 1, 1.

Trop.

To separate things according to their different qualities, to distinguish between, discern (freq. and class.):

alba et atra,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114:

discernere et dispicere insidiatorem et petitum insidiis,

Liv. 40, 10:

jus et injuriam,

Tac. A. 2, 66:

probanda atque improbanda,

Quint. 2, 2, 11:

fas atque nefas,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 11 et saep.:

id quod visum erit a falso,

Cic. Ac. 2, 8, 25:

pantheras a pardis solo candore,

Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 63 et saep.:

verba discerni articulatim,

Lucr. 4, 555: suos, * Caes. B. G. 7, 75:

piceam visu,

Plin. 16, 10, 18, § 40:

temperantiam duobus modis,

Cic. Part. Or. 22, 77 et saep.:

animus discernit, quid sit ejusdem generis, quid alterius,

id. Univ. 8:

pecuniae an famae minus parceret haud facile dis cerneres,

Sall. C. 25, 3; so with an, Tac. A. 5, 6; id. H. 3, 28; Suet. Calig. 25; cf.: nec discernatur, jussu injussu imperatoris pugnent, [p. 587] Liv. 8, 34 fin. —

To determine, settle:

limes agro positus litem ut discerneret arvis,

Verg. A. 12, 898:

discerne causam meam,

Vulg. Psa. 42, 1.—

To except, omit, Amm. 14, 8, 7.—Hence, *

discernen-ter, adv., with a distinction, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, no. 81.—

discrētim, adv., separately, distinctly, App. M. 6, p. 173:

singillatim ac discretim,

id. Flor. 9, p. 347:

adoriri,

Amm. 29, 6:

tradi,

id. 28, 1; Hilar. in Psa. 138, 23.

discrētĭo, ōnis, f. [discerno] (postclass.).

A separation:

cum vis aliqua utrumque (corpus et animam) discreverit, quae discretio mors vocetur,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6, 17; Lact. 7, 12, 4.—

A difference, distinction:

sine discretione,

Pall. Jul. 4, 5; Amm. 17, 1 al.—

Discernment, discrimination, capacity for distinguishing (late Lat.):

ne, propter discretionem difficilem, jus incertum sit,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 12, 10:

boni ac mali,

id. Hebr. 5, 14.

discrīmen, ĭnis, n. [contr. from discerimen à discerno; cf. crimen from cerno], lit., that which separates or divides two things from each other (for syn. cf.: differentia, discrepantia, diversitas, distantia); hence,

Lit., an intervening space, interval, distance, division, separation:

cum (duo maria) pertenui discrimine separarentur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

minimum quos inter et hostem Discrimen murus clausaque porta facit,

Ov. Pont. 1, 8, 62:

aequo discrimine,

Lucr. 5, 690; Verg. A. 5, 154:

parvum leti,

Ov. M. 7, 426; Verg. A. 9, 143:

dare discrimina costis,

i. e. to separate them, id. ib. 10, 382:

quae (sc. littera F) inter discrimina dentium efflanda est,

Quint. 12, 10, 29:

agminum,

Curt. 4, 12 fin.:

ungulae,

Col. 6, 15 fin.:

comae,

Ov. A. A. 2, 302; and in like manner poet.: telluris pectitae, i. e. furrow, Col. Poët. 10, 94; Claud. Nupt. Honor. 103:

medium luci,

Grat. Cyneg. 486.—Hence, med. t. t., the dividing membrane, the midriff, diaphragm, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11, 127; 5, 10, 124 al.—

Trop. (so most frequent).

In gen., a distinction, difference: amabat omnes, nam discrimen non facit, Lucil. ap. Non. 282, 27:

iste, qui omnia jura pretio exaequasset omniumque rerum delectum atque discrimen pecunia sustulisset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50; cf.:

officia tollebantur delectu omni et discrimine remoto,

id. Fin. 4, 25, 69:

sit hoc discrimen inter gratiosos cives atque fortes, ut illi, etc.,

id. Balb. 21 fin.:

sine ullo sexus discrimine,

Suet. Calig. 8; cf.:

rapti per agros viatores sine discrimine liberi servique,

id. Aug. 32:

omisso sui alicuique discrimine,

Liv. 5, 55:

divinarum humanarumque rerum,

id. 5, 40:

recti pravique,

Quint. 12, 3, 7:

vocum,

id. 1, 5, 25; cf.

so of the different tones of the strings: septem discrimina vocum,

Verg. A. 6, 646 et saep.— Poet.:

tenues parvi discriminis umbrae,

i. e. of easy gradation, Ov. M. 6, 62. —

In partic.

With respect to disputed matters, which are to be distinguished between, and thus decided upon, the decisive point, turning-point, critical moment, determination, decision:

quoniam res in id discrimen adducta est, utrum ille poenas rei publicae luat, an nos serviamus,

to this point, Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 29; cf.:

ea res nunc in discrimine versatur, utrum... an, etc.,

id. Quint. 30, 92; Liv. 29, 17:

vicit disciplina militaris, vicit imperii majestas, quae in discrimine fuerunt, an ulla post hanc diem essent,

id. 8, 35, 4: haec et his similia haud in magno equidem ponam discrimine, shall not regard as of great moment, id. praef. §

8: postquam adesse discrimen ultimum belli animadvertit,

id. 44, 23:

instant enim (adversarii) et saepe discrimen omne committunt,

abandon the most decisive points, Quint. 6, 4, 17 et saep.— Poet.:

experiar, deus hic, discrimine aperto, An sit mortalis,

the test, Ov. M. 1, 222.—

Transf., a dangerous, decisive moment, crisis, dangerous condition; risk, danger, hazard:

in ipso discrimine periculi aliquem destituere,

Liv. 6, 17; so,

periculi,

id. 8, 24: in summo rem esse discrimine, * Caes. B. G. 6, 38, 2; cf.:

adducta est res in maximum periculum et extremum pene discrimen,

Cic. Phil. 7, 1:

salus sociorum summum in periculum ac discrimen vocatur,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

in extremo discrimine ac dimicatione fortunae,

id. Sull. 28:

in veteris fortunae discrimen adducitur,

id. Mur. 27, 55; cf.:

aliquem in discrimen capitis adducere,

id. Deiot. 1, 2; so,

capitis,

Quint. 11, 1, 49:

si ei subito sit allatum periculum discrimenque patriae,

Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:

rem publicam in discrimen committere,

Liv. 8, 32; 33, 7; cf.:

fuitque dies illa tenebrarum et discriminis,

Vulg. Esth. 11, 8.

distinctus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from distinguo.

distinctus, ūs, m. [distinguo], a distinguishing, distinction; object., a difference (post-Aug. and very rare): distinctu pinnarum, * Tac. A. 6, 28; cf. Stat. S. 1, 5, 41.

dīvus, a, um, also dīus, a, um, (without the digamma) adj. [dios], of or belonging to a deity, divine.

Prop. (mostly archaic and poet.). As an adj. very rarely: res [p. 604] divas edicit, Naev. ap. Non. 197, 15; so,

diva caro,

Prud. Psych. 76: DIUM fulgur appellabant diurnum, quod putabant Jovis, ut nocturnum Summani, Paul. ex Fest. p. 75, 14 Müll.—Far more freq.,

Subst.: dīvus ( dīus), i, m., and dīva ( dia), ae, f., a god, a goddess, a deity.

Form dīvus: si divus, si diva, esset, etc., a precatory formula in Liv. 7, 26; cf. ib. 29, 27; 8, 9:

is divus (sc. Apollo) exstinguet perduelles vestros, Carm. Marcii,

ib. 25, 12; cf.:

dive, quem proles Niobea, etc.,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 1:

mortalin' decuit violari vulnere divum?

Verg. A. 12, 797:

utinam me divi adaxint ad suspendium,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 11:

divi,

Lucr. 6, 387; Verg. A. 3, 363; 12, 28; Hor. C. 4, 2, 38 al.:

divos,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 133; Cic. Leg. 2, 8; Verg. E. 1, 42; id. A. 3, 222; Hor. C. 2, 8, 11; id. S. 2, 3, 176 et saep.: divumque hominumque pater, rex, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 65 Müll.; Verg. A. 1, 65; 2, 648; 10, 2 et saep.:

divom atque hominum clamat fidem,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 20; cf.:

pro divum fidem,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 28;

more rarely, divorum,

Verg. A. 7, 211:

(munera) digna diva venustissima Venere,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 4:

Turni sic est affata sororem Diva deam,

i. e. Juno, Verg. A. 12, 139; cf. id. ib. 1, 447;

482: Diva Bona for Bona Dea,

Ov. F. 5, 148: divos scelerare parentes, the family gods = theoi patrôoi, Cat. 64, 404.—

Form dīus: Dii Indigetes Diique Manes, a precatory formula in Liv. 8, 9: Dia Dearum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 22, ed. Vahl.); cf.:

DEA DIA,

i. e. Ceres, Inscr. Orell. 961 and 1499: Venus pulcherrima dium, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31.—

Transf.

Godlike, divine, an epithet applied to any thing deified or of extraordinary excellence or distinction:

urbi Romae divae,

Liv. 43, 6; cf.

sarcastically: est ergo flamen, ut Jovi, etc., sic divo Julio M. Antonius,

Cic. Phil. 2, 43: Romule die, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64 (Ann. v. 115, ed. Vahl.): Ilia dia nepos, id. ap. Fest. p. 286, 16 Müll. (Ann. v. 56, ed. Vahl.):

dia Camilla,

Verg. A. 11, 657:

dias in luminis oras,

Lucr. 1, 22; so,

Voluptas,

id. 2, 172:

otia,

id. 5, 1389: profundum (cf. hals dia), Ov. M. 4, 537:

sententia Catonis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 32:

poëmata,

Pers. 1, 31 et saep.—After the Aug. period divus became a frequent epithet for the deceased Roman emperors in the historians, and on coins and inscriptions, Suet. Dom. 23; Liv. Epit. 137.—

dīvum, i, n., the sky, Varr. L. L. 5, § 65 Müll.—Esp. freq., sub divo, like sub Jove, under the open sky, in the open air, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 19 Zumpt N. cr.; Varr. L. L. l. l.; Cels. 1, 2; Suet. Caes. 72; Verg. G. 3, 435; Hor. C. 2, 3, 23 et saep.:

sub divum rapiam,

id. ib. 1, 18, 13.

ē-mĭnĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n., to stand out, project (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen. (syn.:

exstare, excedere): cum ex terra nihil emineret, quod contemplationi caeli officere posset,

Cic. Div. 1, 42:

globus terrae e mari,

id. Tusc. 1, 28:

stipites ex terra,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; cf.:

stipites ab ramis,

id. ib. §

3: belua ponto,

Ov. M. 4, 690:

rupes aequore,

Luc. 2, 667:

moles aquā,

Curt. 4, 2, 21:

oculi extra terram,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 154:

balaena dorso multum super aquas,

id. 9, 6, 5, § 14:

super corpus quasi verrucula,

Cels. 5, 28, 14:

ferrum per costas,

Liv. 8, 7 et saep.— Absol., Caes. B. C. 1, 41, 4; 2, 9, 1; Sall. J. 94, 2; Lucr. 1, 780 et saep.; cf.

alte,

Ov. M. 15, 697:

hasta in partes ambas,

id. ib. 5, 139:

jugum in mare,

Caes. B. C. 2, 24, 3; cf.:

lingua in altum (i. e. mare),

Liv. 44, 11.—

In partic., in painting, to stand out in relief, be prominent, as the lights in a picture, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101; Quint. 2, 17, 21; 8, 5, 26; Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 131 al.; cf. eminentia, I.—

Trop., to be prominent, stand out, become conspicuous (syn.: eluceo, praecello, excello, appareo, praesto, antecedo).

In gen.:

animus, cum erit inclusus in corpore, eminebit foras,

will extend beyond, Cic. Rep. 6, 26 Mos.:

ii quorum eminet audacia atque projecta est,

id. Clu. 65, 183:

quod quo studiosius ab ipsis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

comes out, becomes visible, id. Rosc. Am. 41 fin.; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 62 Zumpt N. cr.; id. Tusc. 2, 26 fin.; Quint. 2, 12, 7; 11, 1, 56; 11, 3, 73 Spald.; Liv. 2, 5 fin.; 2, 10 al.; Curt. 4, 1, 24; 8, 1, 50; Ov. F. 3, 250:

vix ex gratulando miser jam eminebam,

was but now emerging from the flood of congratulations, Plaut. Capt. 3, 2, 5:

vox eminet una,

makes itself distinctly audible, Ov. M. 15, 607.—

In partic., to be prominent, conspicuous through one's (good) qualities, to distinguish one's self, be eminent:

Demosthenes unus eminet inter omnes in omni genere dicendi,

Cic. Or. 29 fin.; so with inter, Quint. 8, 5, 9; 12, 5, 5; cf. with super, Flor. 4, 2, 10:

in aliqua re,

Quint. 1, 12, 15; 2, 3, 6; 8, 3, 64 al.:

aliqua re,

Vell. 2, 127, 2; 2, 130, 1; Quint. 2, 8, 4; 3, 8, 65.— Absol.:

excellit atque eminet vis, potestas, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28;

so with excellit,

Tac. Or. 32:

quae (sententiarum ornamenta) emineant pauciora,

Cic. Or. 24, 81; so Liv. 5, 36; Vell. 2, 49 al.:

altius,

Nep. Chabr. 3, 3.—Hence, ēmĭnens, entis, P. a., standing out, projecting, prominent, high, lofty.

Lit. (syn. editus):

promontoria,

Caes. B. C. 2, 23, 2:

trabes,

id. ib. 2, 9, 5:

saxa,

Sall. J. 93, 4:

oculi,

Cic. Vatin. 2:

genae leviter,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

statura,

Suet. Calig. 50:

capita papaverum,

Front. Strat. 1, 1, 4; Flor. 1, 7, 7: aedes, standing on high ground (opp. plana), id. 1, 9, 4:

nihil (in globo),

Cic. N. D. 2, 18; cf. ib. 1, 27; cf. also the art. eminentia: patibulo eminens affigebatur, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 366, 14 (4, 40 Dietsch).— Comp.:

trabes,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 3:

nasus a summo,

Suet. Aug. 79;

of perspective in painting: alia eminentiora, alia reductiora fecerunt,

Quint. 11, 3, 46.— Sup.:

aliquod in montibus (i. e. vertex),

Quint. 8, 2, 7; cf.

mons,

Flor. 4, 12, 49.—

Trop., lofty, distinguished, eminent (esp. freq. in the postAug. per., and mostly in the sup.; syn.:

praeclarus, praestans, excellens, etc.): species deorum quae nihil solidi habeat, nihil eminentis,

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

ingenium,

Quint. 6 prooem. §

1: res dictu,

Vell. 2, 114, 1.—Prov.:

eminentis fortunae comes invidia,

Vell. Pat. 1, 9, 6.— Plur. as subst.: ēmĭnentes, ĭum, m., distinguished men, Tac. Agr. 5.— ēmĭnentĭa, ĭum, n.

Admirable passages in an oration, Quint. 10, 1, 86.—

Greatness, distinction:

nun. quam eminentia invidia carent,

Vell. 2, 40, 6.— Comp.:

eloquentia,

Tac. Or. 25.— Sup.:

auctores,

Quint. 1, 2, 2; 1, 10, 10; 2, 3, 1; 9, 4, 79 et saep.; cf. Ruhnk. Vell. 2, 83 fin. — In the later empire, Eminentissimus was a title of the Praefectus praetorio, and of the Magister militum, Cod. Just. 12, 47, 1; 9, 41, 11 et saep.— Adv.: ēmĭnenter, highly, eminently, August. in Psa. 95, 1.— Comp.:

projectae cautes eminentius,

Amm. 24, 2, 12:

non eminentius quam municipaliter natus,

i. e. of higher, nobler birth, Sid. Ep. 1, 11.

ē-mĭnĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n., to stand out, project (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen. (syn.:

exstare, excedere): cum ex terra nihil emineret, quod contemplationi caeli officere posset,

Cic. Div. 1, 42:

globus terrae e mari,

id. Tusc. 1, 28:

stipites ex terra,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; cf.:

stipites ab ramis,

id. ib. §

3: belua ponto,

Ov. M. 4, 690:

rupes aequore,

Luc. 2, 667:

moles aquā,

Curt. 4, 2, 21:

oculi extra terram,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 154:

balaena dorso multum super aquas,

id. 9, 6, 5, § 14:

super corpus quasi verrucula,

Cels. 5, 28, 14:

ferrum per costas,

Liv. 8, 7 et saep.— Absol., Caes. B. C. 1, 41, 4; 2, 9, 1; Sall. J. 94, 2; Lucr. 1, 780 et saep.; cf.

alte,

Ov. M. 15, 697:

hasta in partes ambas,

id. ib. 5, 139:

jugum in mare,

Caes. B. C. 2, 24, 3; cf.:

lingua in altum (i. e. mare),

Liv. 44, 11.—

In partic., in painting, to stand out in relief, be prominent, as the lights in a picture, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101; Quint. 2, 17, 21; 8, 5, 26; Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 131 al.; cf. eminentia, I.—

Trop., to be prominent, stand out, become conspicuous (syn.: eluceo, praecello, excello, appareo, praesto, antecedo).

In gen.:

animus, cum erit inclusus in corpore, eminebit foras,

will extend beyond, Cic. Rep. 6, 26 Mos.:

ii quorum eminet audacia atque projecta est,

id. Clu. 65, 183:

quod quo studiosius ab ipsis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

comes out, becomes visible, id. Rosc. Am. 41 fin.; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 62 Zumpt N. cr.; id. Tusc. 2, 26 fin.; Quint. 2, 12, 7; 11, 1, 56; 11, 3, 73 Spald.; Liv. 2, 5 fin.; 2, 10 al.; Curt. 4, 1, 24; 8, 1, 50; Ov. F. 3, 250:

vix ex gratulando miser jam eminebam,

was but now emerging from the flood of congratulations, Plaut. Capt. 3, 2, 5:

vox eminet una,

makes itself distinctly audible, Ov. M. 15, 607.—

In partic., to be prominent, conspicuous through one's (good) qualities, to distinguish one's self, be eminent:

Demosthenes unus eminet inter omnes in omni genere dicendi,

Cic. Or. 29 fin.; so with inter, Quint. 8, 5, 9; 12, 5, 5; cf. with super, Flor. 4, 2, 10:

in aliqua re,

Quint. 1, 12, 15; 2, 3, 6; 8, 3, 64 al.:

aliqua re,

Vell. 2, 127, 2; 2, 130, 1; Quint. 2, 8, 4; 3, 8, 65.— Absol.:

excellit atque eminet vis, potestas, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28;

so with excellit,

Tac. Or. 32:

quae (sententiarum ornamenta) emineant pauciora,

Cic. Or. 24, 81; so Liv. 5, 36; Vell. 2, 49 al.:

altius,

Nep. Chabr. 3, 3.—Hence, ēmĭnens, entis, P. a., standing out, projecting, prominent, high, lofty.

Lit. (syn. editus):

promontoria,

Caes. B. C. 2, 23, 2:

trabes,

id. ib. 2, 9, 5:

saxa,

Sall. J. 93, 4:

oculi,

Cic. Vatin. 2:

genae leviter,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

statura,

Suet. Calig. 50:

capita papaverum,

Front. Strat. 1, 1, 4; Flor. 1, 7, 7: aedes, standing on high ground (opp. plana), id. 1, 9, 4:

nihil (in globo),

Cic. N. D. 2, 18; cf. ib. 1, 27; cf. also the art. eminentia: patibulo eminens affigebatur, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 366, 14 (4, 40 Dietsch).— Comp.:

trabes,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 3:

nasus a summo,

Suet. Aug. 79;

of perspective in painting: alia eminentiora, alia reductiora fecerunt,

Quint. 11, 3, 46.— Sup.:

aliquod in montibus (i. e. vertex),

Quint. 8, 2, 7; cf.

mons,

Flor. 4, 12, 49.—

Trop., lofty, distinguished, eminent (esp. freq. in the postAug. per., and mostly in the sup.; syn.:

praeclarus, praestans, excellens, etc.): species deorum quae nihil solidi habeat, nihil eminentis,

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

ingenium,

Quint. 6 prooem. §

1: res dictu,

Vell. 2, 114, 1.—Prov.:

eminentis fortunae comes invidia,

Vell. Pat. 1, 9, 6.— Plur. as subst.: ēmĭnentes, ĭum, m., distinguished men, Tac. Agr. 5.— ēmĭnentĭa, ĭum, n.

Admirable passages in an oration, Quint. 10, 1, 86.—

Greatness, distinction:

nun. quam eminentia invidia carent,

Vell. 2, 40, 6.— Comp.:

eloquentia,

Tac. Or. 25.— Sup.:

auctores,

Quint. 1, 2, 2; 1, 10, 10; 2, 3, 1; 9, 4, 79 et saep.; cf. Ruhnk. Vell. 2, 83 fin. — In the later empire, Eminentissimus was a title of the Praefectus praetorio, and of the Magister militum, Cod. Just. 12, 47, 1; 9, 41, 11 et saep.— Adv.: ēmĭnenter, highly, eminently, August. in Psa. 95, 1.— Comp.:

projectae cautes eminentius,

Amm. 24, 2, 12:

non eminentius quam municipaliter natus,

i. e. of higher, nobler birth, Sid. Ep. 1, 11.

hasta ( asta), ae, f. [Sanscr. hastas, hand; cf. Gr. root chad- in chandanô, pre-hendo], a spear (syn.: hastile, dolo, gaesum, sarisa, sparus, lancea, pilum, spiculum, telum, etc.).

Lit.

Most freq. as a military weapon, a lance, pike, javelin (cf. Becker's Antiq. III. 2, p. 242 sq.):

nec eminus hastis aut comminus gladiis uteretur,

Cic. de Sen. 6, 19: dum transit, striderat hasta, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 817 P. (Ann. v. 365 Vahl.): Hastati spargunt hastas, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 287 ib.):

evelli jussit eam, qua erat transfixus, hastam,

Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97:

amentatus hastas torquebit,

id. de Or. 1, 57, 242; cf. id. Brut. 78, 271; id. Top. 17, 65:

hastas vibrare,

id. de Or. 2, 80, 325:

jactare,

id. ib. 2, 78, 316:

dirigere in aliquem,

Ov. M. 8, 66:

contendere,

to hurl, Verg. A. 10, 521:

protendere aut colligere,

Tac. A. 2, 21 al. —As a symbol of war, sent in making a declaration of the same, Gell. 10, 27, 3; Paul. ex Fest. p. 101 Müll., and thrown into the enemy's territory, Liv 1, 32 fin.; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 53: pura, i. e. without iron, given to brave soldiers as a mark of distinction, Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 102; Suet. Claud. 28; Inscr. Orell. 3457; cf. Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 760, and Fest. l. l.— As the symbol of legal ownership: festuca uti quasi hastae loco, signo quodam justi dominii, Gai Inst. 4, 16.—

Transf., beyond the milit. sphere:

jacet, diffidit, abjecit hastas,

i. e. has lost his courage, Cic. Mur. 21, 45.—

A spear stuck in the ground at public auctions or where the tribunals of the cenlumviri were held (orig. as a sign of booty gained in battle or of magisterial authority):

est enim ausus (Sulla) dicere, hasta posita, cum bona in foro venderet et bonorum virorum et locupletium et certe civium praedam se suam vendere,

Cic. Off. 2, 8, 27; cf.:

hastam in foro ponere et bona civium voci subicere praeconis,

id. ib. 2, 23, 83:

hasta posita pro aede Jovis Statoris, bona voci acerbissimae subjecta praeconis,

id. Phil. 2, 26, 64:

quos non illa inflnita hasta satiavit,

id. ib. 4, 4, 9:

emptio ab hasta,

id. Att. 12, 3, 2:

comitibus eorum sub hasta venditis,

Liv. 23, 38, 7: municipia Italiae splendidissima sub hasta venierunt, [p. 842] Flor. 3, 21, 27:

just hastae,

Tac. A. 13, 28:

cum censores se jam locationibus abstinerent, convenere ad eos, qui hastae hujus generis assueverant,

Liv. 24, 18, 10; as a badge of dignity:

hunc miratur adhuc centum gravis hasta virorum,

Mart. 7, 63, 7.—Hence, transf., the centumviral court:

ut centumviralem hastam, quam quaestura functi consuerant cogere, decemviri cogerent,

Suet. Aug. 36 fin. —

A little spear with which a bride's hair was parted into locks, Ov. F. 2, 560.—

A spear, as a gymnastic weapon, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 38; 3, 3, 24; id. Most. 1, 2, 73.—

Transf.

Of the form of a comet: jubae effigies mutata in hasta est. Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 90.—

I. q. membrum virile, Auct. Priap. 45, 1.

ĭmāgo, ĭnis, f. [cf. imitor], an imitation, copy of a thing, an image, likeness (i. e. a picture, statue, mask, an apparition, ghost, phantom; the latter only poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: simulacrum, effigies, statua, sigillum): imago ab imitatione dicta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 112 Müll.; cf.: imago dicitur quasi imitago, Porphyr. Hor. C. 1, 12, 4.

Lit.

In gen., a representation, likeness (usu. of a person), statue, bust, picture:

Spartiates Agesilaus neque pictam neque fictam imaginem suam passus est esse... unus Xenophontis libellus in eo rege laudando facile omnes imagines omnium statuasque superavit,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

Demosthenes, cujus nuper inter imagines tuas ac tuorum imaginem ex aere vidi,

id. Or. 31, 110:

Epicuri in poculis et in anulis,

id. Fin. 5, 1, 3: hominis imaginem gypso e facie ipsa primus omnium expressit ceraque in eam formam gypsi infusa emendare instituit Lysistratus Sicyonius, Plin. 35, 12, 44, § 153:

Africani,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10:

mulieris,

Quint. 7, 7, 5:

Antigoni,

id. 2, 13, 12:

depictam in tabula sipariove imaginem rei,

id. 6, 1, 32:

si in tabula mea aliquis pinxerit velut imaginem,

Gai. Inst. 2, 78:

cereae,

Hor. Epod. 17, 76; id. S. 1, 8, 43:

ut dignus venias hederis et imagine macra,

Juv. 7, 29:

hoc tibi sub nostra breve carmen imagine vivat,

Mart. 9, 1:

epistula atque imago me certum fecit,

i. e. the image on the seal, the signet, Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 35; 4, 2, 29; 4, 7, 105:

nunc amici anne inimici sis imago, Alcesime, mihi, sciam,

i. e. will act like a friend, Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 1.—

A phantom, ghost, apparition:

infelix simulacrum atque ipsius umbra Creusae Visa mihi ante oculos et nota major imago,

Verg. A. 2, 773; cf.:

et nunc magna mei sub terras ibit imago,

shade, spirit, Verg. A. 4, 654; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 6; cf. id. ib. 1:

non vanae redeat sanguis imagini,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 15:

(somnus) Vanum nocturnis fallit imaginibus,

Tib. 3, 4, 56; cf. Hor. C. 3, 27, 40; Suet. Aug. 94; id. Calig. 50:

te videt in somnis, tua sacra et major imago humana turbat pavidum,

Juv. 13, 221:

quid natum totiens falsis Ludis imaginibus?

phantoms, Verg. A. 1, 408:

ubique pavor et plurima mortis imago,

id. ib. 2, 369; cf.:

repetitaque mortis imago,

Ov. M. 10, 726:

lurida mortis imago,

Petr. 123, v. 257:

varia pereuntium forma et omni imagine mortium,

Tac. H. 3, 28:

caesorum insepultorumque,

id. A. 1, 62:

supremorum (i. e. funeris) imago,

id. H. 4, 45.— Poet.:

genitiva (with forma),

natural shape, figure, Ov. M. 3, 331; so,

rudis et sine imagine tellus (= informis),

shapeless, id. ib. 1, 87.—

In partic., an ancestral image of a distinguished Roman (of one who had been aedile, praetor, or consul; usually made of wax, and placed in the atrium of a Roman house, and carried in funeral processions.—

In plur.: obrepsisti ad honores errore hominum, commendatione fumosarum imaginum, quarum simile habes nihil praeter colorem, of smoky (i. e. old) ancestral images, Cic. Pis. 1, 1; cf. Sen. Ben. 3, 28, 1; Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6:

si quid deliquero, nullae sunt imagines, quae me a vobis deprecentur,

no ancestors of distinction, Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 100; cf.:

quia imagines non habeo et quia mihi nova nobilitas est,

Sall. J. 85, 25:

qui imagines familiae suae consecuti sunt,

Cic. Agr. 2, 1, 1:

homo veteris prosapiae ac multarum imaginum,

Sall. J. 85, 10:

majorum imagines,

id. ib. 5, 5; Suet. Vesp. 1:

multis in familia senatoriis imaginibus,

id. Aug. 4:

esto beata, funus atque imagines Ducant triumphales tuum,

Hor. Epod. 8, 11:

qui stupet in titulis et imaginibus,

id. S. 1, 6, 17; Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6 sqq.; Prop. 2, 13, 19; Suet. Vesp. 19.—

In sing. (rare):

jus imaginis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36:

imaginis ornandae causa,

id. Sest. 8, 19:

vir honoratissimae imaginis futurus ad posteros,

Liv. 3, 58, 2:

clarum hac fore imagine Scaptium,

would become an aristocrat, id. 3, 72, 4, v. Weissenb. ad loc.:

Tunc Cotta ne imago Libonis exsequias posterorum comitaretur censuit,

Tac. A. 2, 32.

Transf., a reverberation of sound, an echo (mostly poet.):

(mellaria facere oportet) potissimum ubi non resonent imagines,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12:

concava pulsu Saxa sonant, vocisque offensa resultat imago,

Verg. G. 4, 50; cf. Sil. 14, 365:

alternae deceptus imagine vocis: Huc coëamus ait... Coëamus retulit Echo,

Ov. M. 3, 385:

cujus recinit jocosa Nomen imago,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 4; so,

jocosa Vaticani montis,

id. ib. 1, 20, 8:

vaga,

Val. Fl. 3, 596.

Trop.

In gen., an image or likeness of a thing formed in the mind, a conception, thought, imagination, idea:

Scipionis memoriam atque imaginem sibi proponere,

Cic. Lael. 27, 102:

magnam partem noctium in imagine tua vigil exigo,

Plin. Ep. 7, 5, 1:

Verginium cogito, Verginium video, Verginium jam vanis imaginibus audio,

id. ib. 2, 1, 12: imagines, quae eidôla nominant, quorum incursione non solum videmus, sed etiam cogitamus, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 21; cf.:

imagines extrinsecus in animos nostros per corpus irrumpere,

id. Ac. 2, 40, 125: plena sunt imaginum omnia, nulla species cogitari potest nisi pulsu imaginum, etc.; id. Div. 2, 67, 137 sq.: unum aliquem te ex barbatis illis, exemplum imperii veteris, imaginem antiquitatis, columen rei publicae diceres intueri, an image of the olden time, id. Sest. 8, 19; cf.:

expressam imaginem vitae quotidianae videre,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

quidnam illi consules dictatoresve facturi essent, qui proconsularem imaginem tam saevam ac trucem fecerint, i. e. by cruelty in office,

Liv. 5, 2, 9:

naturae... urbis et populi,

Cic. Rep. 2, 39 fin.:

justitiae,

Quint. 2, 20, 6:

virtutis,

id. 10, 2, 15:

similitudines ad exprimendas rerum imagines compositae,

id. 8, 3, 72: illae rerum imagines, quas vocari phantasias indicavimus, id. 10, 7, 15:

conscripta formantur imagine templa,

plans, Stat. S. 3, 1, 117:

scipione determinata prius templi imagine in solo,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 15:

tua, pater Druse, imago,

memory, Tac. A. 1, 13:

magna illic imago tristium laetorumque,

recollection, id. ib. 2, 53:

si te nulla movet tantae pietatis imago,

Verg. A. 6, 405.—

In partic.

In rhet., a figurative representation, similitude, comparison:

comparabile est, quod in rebus diversis similem aliquam rationem continet. Ejus partes sunt tres: imago, collatio, exemplum. Imago est oratio demonstrans corporum aut naturarum similitudinem, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf.:

imago est formae cum forma cum quadam similitudine collatio,

Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62; Sen. Ep. 59, 92; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Hor. S. 2, 3, 320; id. Ep. 1, 7, 34.—

With the idea predominating of mere imitation, in opp. to what is original or real, a mere form, image, semblance, appearance, shadow:

consectatur nullam eminentem effigiem virtutis, sed adumbratam imaginem gloriae,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:

nos veri juris germanaeque justitiae solidam et expressam effigiem nullam tenemus: umbra et imaginibus utimur,

id. Off. 3, 17, 69; cf.:

non in umbra et imagine civitatis, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 30; and:

umbram equitis Romani et imaginem videtis,

id. Rab. Post. 15, 41:

haec ars tota dicendi, sive artis imago quaedam est et similitudo, habet hanc vim, ut, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 87, 356:

judiciorum,

only the appearance of courts, id. Sest. 13, 30; cf.:

imaginem rei publicae nullam reliquissent,

id. Agr. 2, 32, 88:

his quoque imaginibus juris spretis,

Liv. 41, 8, 10:

imaginem retinendi largiendive penes nos, vim penes Parthos,

Tac. A. 15, 14:

habitu et ore ad exprimendam imaginem honesti exercitus,

the pretence, id. ib. 16, 32; 6, 27; id. H. 1, 84; 3, 70:

qui faciem eloquentiae, non imaginem praestaret,

id. Or. 34:

nec imagine rerum, sed rebus incendit,

Quint. 10, 1, 16:

in falsa rerum imagine detineri,

id. 10, 5, 17; cf.:

nullo quippe alio vincis discrimine, quam quod illi (hermae) marmoreum caput est, tua vivit imago,

Juv. 8, 55.—

A representative: non in effigies mutas divinum (Augusti) spiritum transfusum;

sed imaginem veram, caelesti sanguine ortam, intellegere discrimen, etc.,

Tac. A. 4, 52.—

That which suggests or recalls something by resemblance, a reminder:

me consolatur recordatio meorum temporum, quorum imaginem video in rebus tuis,

Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2:

a Corbulone petierat, ne quam imaginem servitii Tiridates perferret,

nothing to suggest slavery, Tac. A. 15, 31; cf.:

moriar, si praeter te quemquam reliquum habeo, in quo possim imaginem antiquae et vernaculae festivitatis adgnoscere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2.