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exemplārĭum, ii, n. [exemplar], post-class for exemplar (cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 82).

A copy:

binae tabulae testamenti eodem tempore exemplarii causa scriptae,

Dig. 31, 47; Hier. adv. Helv. 8.—

A model, pattern, original, Arn. 6, 198; Schol. Lucan. 9, 563.

ex-prĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press or squeeze out, to force out (class.).

Lit.:

oleum ex malobathro,

Plin. 12, 26, 59, § 129:

sucum expresso semini,

id. 20, 1, 2, § 3:

sucum flore,

id. 21, 19, 74, § 127:

sucum radici,

id. 27, 13, 109, § 136; cf.: vinum palmis, oleum sesamae (dat.), id. 6, 28, 32, § 161:

oleum amygdalis,

id. 13, 1, 2, § 8:

sudorem de corpore,

Lucr. 5, 487:

lacrimulam oculos terendo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 23:

si nubium conflictu ardor expressus se emiserit, id esse fulmen,

Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44:

liquorem per densa foramina (cribri),

Ov. M. 12, 438; cf.:

aquam in altum,

Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 39:

aquam in altitudinem,

Vitr. 8, 7:

quantum has (turres) quotidianus agger expresserat,

had carried up, raised, Caes. B. G. 7, 22, 4 Oud.:

pecuniam alicui,

Suet. Oth. 5; id. Vesp. 4.—

Transf.

With an object denoting that out of which something is pressed or squeezed, to press, squeeze, wring:

spongiam ex oleo vel aceto,

Cels. 5, 24 med.:

lanam ex vino vel aceto,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 31; cf.:

Venus madidas exprimit imbre comas,

Ov. A. A. 3, 224:

spongiae expressae inter duas tabulas,

Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 128:

oleam,

id. 12, 27, 60, § 130:

folia rosae,

id. 21, 18, 73, § 122:

tuberculum,

id. 11, 11, 12, § 29.—

To form by pressure, to represent, form, model, portray, express (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;

freq. in the elder Pliny): (faber) et ungues exprimet et molles imitabitur aere capillos,

Hor. A. P. 33; cf.:

alicujus furorem... verecundiae ruborem,

Plin. 34, 14, 40, § 140:

expressa in cera ex anulo imago,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 54:

imaginem hominis gypso e facie ipsa,

Plin. 35, 12, 44, § 153; cf.:

effigiem de signis,

id. ib.:

optime Herculem Delphis et Alexandrum, etc.,

id. 34, 8, 19, § 66 et saep.:

vestis stricta et singulos artus exprimens,

exhibiting, showing, Tac. G. 17:

pulcher aspectu sit athleta, cujus lacertos exercitatio expressit,

has well developed, made muscular, Quint. 8, 3, 10.

Trop.

To squeeze or wring out, to extort, wrest, elicit: lex, quam ex natura ipsa arripuimus, hausimus, expressimus, qs. pressed out, Cic. Mil. 4, 10:

utilitas expressit nomina rerum,

has imposed, Lucr. 5, 1029: cf.:

cum ab iis saepius quaereret, neque ullam omnino vocem exprimere posset,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 3:

expressa est Romanis necessitas obsides dandi,

Liv. 2, 13, 4:

confessionem concessi maris hosti,

id. 37, 31, 5:

confessionem cruciatu,

Suet. Galb. 10:

deditionem ultimā necessitate,

Liv. 8, 2, 6:

pecunia vi expressa et coacta,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 165:

tu si tuis blanditiis a Sicyoniis nummulorum aliquid expresseris,

Cic. Att. 1, 19, 9:

risum magis quam gemitum,

Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 7 et saep.—With ut:

expressi, ut conficere se tabulas negaret,

have constrained, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112:

expressit, ut polliceretur,

Curt. 6, 7. —

Transf. (acc. to I. B. 2.), to imitate, copy, represent, to portray, describe, express, esp. in words (cf. reddo):

cum magnitudine animi tum liberalitate vitam patris et consuetudinem expresserit,

i. e. imitated, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4:

lex expressa ad naturam,

id. Leg. 2, 5, 13:

vitia imitatione ex aliquo expressa,

id. de Or. 3, 12, 47:

rem ante oculos ponit, cum exprimit omnia perspicue, ut res prope dicam manu tentari possit,

Auct. Her. 4, 40, 62; cf. id. ib. §

63: hanc speciem Pasiteles caelavit argento et noster expressit Archias versibus,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:

mores alicujus oratione,

id. de Or. 2, 43, 184:

multas nobis imagines fortissimorum virorum expressas scriptores Graeci et Latini reliquerunt,

id. Arch. 6, 14; cf. id. ib. 12, 30:

in Platonis libris omnibus fere Socrates exprimitur,

id. de Or. 3, 4, 15: Mithridaticum bellum magnum atque difficile totum ab hoc expressum est, depicted to the life, id. Arch. 9, 21; cf.:

ut Euryalum exprimat infans,

may resemble, Juv. 6, 81.—With rel.-clause as object:

diligenter, quae vis subjecta sit vocibus,

id. Fin. 2, 2, 6:

exprimere non possum, quanto sim gaudio affectus,

tell, express, Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 2; Vell. 2, 124, 1:

verbis exprimere quid quis sentiat,

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 7:

quod exprimere dicendo sensa possumus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

mores in scriptis exprimere,

Suet. Vit. Ter. 4.—Of translating into another language, to render, translate:

si modo id exprimere Latine potuero,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43; cf. id. ib. 1, 44: katalêpsin, verbum e verbo exprimentes comprehensionem dicemus, id. Ac. 2, 10, 31:

nec tamen exprimi verbum e verbo necesse erit,

id. Fin. 3, 4, 15; cf.:

verbum de verbo expressum extulit,

Ter. Ad. prol. 11:

fabellae Latinae ad verbum de Graecis expressae,

Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; Plin. Ep. 4, 18, 1.—Of words, to pronounce, utter:

nolo exprimi litteras putidius nolo obscurari neglegentius,

with affected distinctness, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 41:

verba,

Quint. 1, 2, 6; 9, 4, 10; 40 al.—Rarely of a personal object:

oratorem imitando effingere atque exprimere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 90:

moderatorem rei publicae nostris libris diligenter expressimus,

id. Att. 8, 11, 1.—Hence, expressus, a, um, P. a., clearly exhibited, prominent, distinct, visible, manifest, clear, plain, express (syn. solidus, opp. adumbratus).

Lit.:

species deorum, quae nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi, nihil expressi, nihil eminentis,

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

litterae lituraeque omnes assimulatae, expressae,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189:

corpora lacertis expressa,

powerful, muscular, Quint. 8 praef. §

19: protinus omnibus membris, expressus infans,

fully formed, id. 2, 4, 6.—

Trop.

In gen.:

habuit Catilina permulta maximarum non expressa signa, sed adumbrata virtutum,

Cic. Cael. 5, 12; cf.:

est gloria solida quaedam res et expressa, non adumbrata,

id. Tusc. 3, 2, 3 (v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 62, p. 723 sq.):

indicia solida et expressa,

id. Planc. 12; cf.:

veri juris germanaeque justitiae solida et expressa effigies,

id. Off. 3, 17, 69:

expressa sceleris vestigia,

id. Rosc. Am. 22, 62:

expressiora et illustriora,

id. Fam. 1, 7, 9; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 3; and:

quid expressius atque signatius in hanc causam?

Tert. Res. Carn. 3.—

Expressa carmina Battiadae, translated, Cat. 65, 16.—Of distinct pronunciation:

vitia oris emendet, ut expressa sint verba, ut suis quaeque litterae sonis enuntientur,

Quint. 1, 11, 4:

expressior sermo,

id. 1, 1, 37:

expressior loquacitas generi picarum est,

Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 118. —In a bad sense, of a too emphatic, affected pronunciation: sonus erat dulcis: litterae neque expressae neque oppressae, ne aut obscurum esset aut putidum, Cic Off. 1, 37, 133.—Hence, adv.: expressē.

Lit., with pressure, strongly:

artus expressius fricare,

Scrib. Comp. 198.—

Trop., expressly, distinctly, clearly:

conscripta exempla,

Auct. Her. 4, 7, 10:

quod ipsum expressius Hesiodus hoc versu significavit,

Col. 11, 1, 29.—Of pronunciation, distinctly:

ut ea (R littera) a nullo expressius efferretur,

Val. Max. 8, 7, 1 ext.

fingo, finxi, fictum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. dih-, dēhmi, smear; Gr. thig, thinganô, touch; whence figulus, figura, etc.; prop., to handle].

Lit.

To touch, handle, stroke, touch gently (rare):

mulcere alternos, et corpora fingere lingua,

Verg. A. 8, 634:

saepe manus aegras manibus fingebat amicis,

Ov. F. 5, 409.—

Esp., to form, shape, fashion, frame, make (class.), whence also figulus:

esse aliquam vim, quae finxerit, vel, ut tuo verbo utar, quae fabricata sit hominem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 87; cf.:

ab aliquo deo ficti esse videantur,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

fingere et construere nidos,

build, id. ib. 2, 6, 23:

favos,

id. Off. 1, 44, 157:

ut illa bestia fetum ederet informem, lambendo postgea fingeret, etc.,

Gell. 17, 10, 3.—

In partic.

Of the plastic art, to form or fashion by art (in wax, clay, stone, etc.), to mould or model, as a statuary:

quorum alterum fingere opinor e cera solitum esse, alterum esse pictorem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 30; cf.:

in ceris aut fictilibus figuris,

id. N. D. 1, 26, 71:

similitudines ex argilla,

Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 151; cf.

, sarcastically: hic homullus, ex argilla et luto fictus Epicurus,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59:

pocula de humo,

Ov. Tr. 2, 489:

Alexander ab Apelle potissimum pingi et a Lysippo fingi volebat... qui neque pictam neque fictam imaginem suam passus est esse, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7; cf.:

fingendi ars,

of making statues, statuary, id. de Or. 3, 7, 26:

corpora fingendo pingendove efficere,

Quint. 5, 12, 21.—

With the access. notion of arranging, adorning, etc., to set to rights, arrange; to adorn, dress, trim ( poet. syn.:

componere, excolere, ornare): Bene cum lauta est (mulier), tersa, ornata, ficta est: infecta est tamen,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 4:

cum se non finxerit ulli,

Ov. R. Am. 341:

isti ficti, compositi, crispi cincinni,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 32; cf.:

canas fingere comas,

Tib. 1, 2, 92:

comas presso pollice,

Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 306; Mart. 6, 57; cf.:

comas auro,

Stat. Th. 5, 228:

crinem,

Verg. A. 4, 148; cf. also Phaedr. 2, 2, 9:

vitem putando,

Verg. G. 2, 407 Forbig.—

With the access. notion of untruth, to alter, change, for the purpose of dissembling:

hi neque vultum fingere, neque interdum lacrimas tenere poterant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4; cf.:

vultus quoque hominum fingit scelus,

i. e. makes men change countenance, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 14.

Trop.

In gen., to form, fashion, make: Ly. multa eveniunt homini quae [p. 751] volt, quae nevolt. Ph. Mentire, gnate, nam sapiens quidem pol ipsus fingit fortunam sibi, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 84; cf.

the vv. foll.: natura fingit homines et creat imitatores et narratores facetos,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 219:

animos fingere, formare,

id. Brut. 38, 142: cf.:

moderari et fingere mentem ac voluntates,

id. Leg. 3, 18, 40:

ea quae nobis non possumus fingere, vultus, facies, sonus,

id. de Or. 1, 28, 127: formam totius rei publicae velim mittas, ex qua me fingere possim, regulate myself, i. e. proceed, act, id. Att. 6, 3, 4; cf.:

ad eorum (qui audiunt) arbitrium et nutum totos se fingunt et accommodant,

id. Or. 8, 24:

ea (verba) nos sicut mollissimam ceram ad nostrum arbitrium formamus et fingimus,

id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf.

also: arbitrio fingere,

id. Brut. 79, 274:

fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 54; cf.:

vitam subito flecti fingique posse,

shaped, directed, Cic. Sull. 28, 79; cf. id. ib. 25, 69:

jure erat semper idem voltus, cum mentis, a qua is fingitur, nulla fieret mutatio,

id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.:

circumspexit amictus et finxit vultum,

composed, Ov. M. 4, 318:

lingua vocem immoderate profusam fingit et terminat,

forms, Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149; cf.:

Peripateticorum institutis commodius fingeretur oratio,

id. Brut. 31, 119: ego apis Matinae more modoque operosa parvus carmina fingo (like the Gr. plattô), make, compose, Hor. C. 4, 2, 32:

carmina,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331; 240:

versus,

id. ib. 382:

poëmata,

Suet. Tit. 3:

opprobria in quemvis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 30.—

In partic.

With a double predicate, to form, make into something or in a certain manner:

finxit te ipsa natura ad honestatem, gravitatem... ad omnes denique virtutes magnum hominem et excelsum,

Cic. Mur. 29, 60:

nec, si miserum fortuna Sinonem Finxit, vanum etiam mendacemque improba finget,

Verg. A. 2, 79:

(illum) spissae nemorum comae Fingent Aeolio carmine nobilem,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 12:

di bene fecerunt, inopis me quodque pusilli Finxerunt animi,

id. S. 1, 4, 18: timui, mea me finxisse minora putarer Dissimulator opis propriae, to have lessened, i. e. purposely disparaged it, id. Ep. 1, 9, 8.—

To form by instruction, to instruct, teach, train:

idem mire finxit filium,

i. e. caused him to play his part, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 25; cf.:

voce paterna Fingeris ad rectum,

Hor. A. P. 367:

fingitur artibus,

id. C. 3, 6, 22:

fingit equum tenera docilem cervice magister Ire viam, qua monstret eques,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 64.—

To form mentally or in speech, to represent in thought, to imagine, conceive, think, suppose; to sketch out:

fingite animis... fingite cogitatione imaginem hujus condicionis meae, etc.,

Cic. Mil. 29, 79; cf.:

omnia quae cogitatione nobismet ipsi possumus fingere,

id. N. D. 3, 18, 47:

fingere animo,

id. de Sen. 12, 41: cf.

also: animo et cogitatione,

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 68:

ex sua natura ceteros,

to conceive of, id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

quid magis exercitum dici aut fingi potest?

id. Mil. 2, 5:

maleficium,

id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116:

tu, stulta, deos, tu fingis inania vera,

Prop. 3, 20 (4, 19), 5:

qui utilitatum causa fingunt amicitias,

suppose, Cic. Lael. 14, 51:

principatum sibi ipse opinionis errore finxerat,

had imagined to himself, id. Off. 1, 8, 26:

in summo oratore fingendo,

in representing, sketching out, id. Or. 2, 7:

finge tamen te improbulum,

Juv. 5, 72.—

With double acc.:

quod si qui me astutiorem fingit,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6:

Tiresiam sapientem fingunt poetae... at vero Polyphemum Homerus immanem finxit,

id. Tusc. 5, 39, 115.—

With an object-clause, and in pass., with a subject-clause:

finge, aliquem nunc fierisapientem, nondum esse,

suppose, Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 117:

finge solum natum nothum,

Quint. 3, 6, 100.—Ellipt.: interfecti aliqui sunt;

finge a nobis,

assume, grant, Liv. 39, 37, 11:

fingamus Alexandrum dari nobis,

Quint. 1, 1, 24:

non omnia corpora fingunt in medium niti,

Lucr. 1, 1083; cf. id. 2, 175:

qui naufragus fingitur se suspendisse,

Quint. 8, 5, 22:

qui suos artus morsu lacerasset, fingitur in scholis supra se cubasse,

id. 8, 2, 20.—

Pregn., with the access. notion of creating by thinking, to contrive, devise, invent, feign something (esp. untrue):

argento comparando fingere fallaciam,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 2; 4:

fallacias,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 22:

fallaciam,

id. And. 1, 3, 15; cf.: nonne ad senem aliquam fabricam fingit? id. Heaut. 3, 2, 34:

fingit causas, ne det, sedulo,

id. Eun. 1, 2, 58:

falsas causas ad discordiam,

id. Hec. 4, 4, 71:

si mihi aliquam (rem publicam), ut apud Platonem Socrates, ipse finxero,

Cic. Rep. 2, 1 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 11:

ex eventis fingere,

id. Fam. 6, 6, 4:

(crimina) in istum fingere,

id. Verr. 1, 5, 15:

ea quae sunt in usu vitaque communi, non ea, quae finguntur aut optantur,

id. Lael. 5, 18:

in faciem moresque meos nova crimina fingis,

Ov. H. 12, 177:

fingere qui non visa potest, commissa tacere Qui nequit,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 84:

quaelibet in quemvis opprobria fingere,

id. Ep. 1, 15, 30:

finguntur et testamenta,

Quint. 7, 4, 39:

nemo dolorem fingit in hoc casu,

Juv. 13, 132: qui sub obtentu monituum deorum scientes eos fingunt, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 2, 6. —With double acc.:

bonois se ac liberales,

Sen. Ben. 4, 17, 3.—With inf.:

ignorare fingit,

Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 306.—Hence, fic-tus, a, um, P. a., feigned, fictitious, false:

in amicitia nihil fictum est, nihil simulatum,

Cic. Lael. 8, 26; cf. id. ib. 18, 65:

ficto officio et simulata sedultiate conjunctus,

id. Caecin. 5, 14:

in re ficta (opp. in vera),

id. Lael. 7, 24:

falsum est id totum neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,

id. Rep. 2, 15:

commenticii et ficti dii,

id. N. D. 2, 28, 70:

fabula,

id. Off. 3, 9, 39:

in rebus fictis et adumbratis,

id. Lael. 26, 97:

amor,

Lucr. 4, 1192:

gemitus,

Ov. M. 6, 565:

cunctatio,

Tac. A. 1, 46:

ficto pectore fatur,

Verg. A. 2, 107.— Poet. and in post-Aug. prose also, of persons:

pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,

dissembling, false, Hor. S. 1, 3, 62:

alii fictum (eum), ingratum, immemorem loquuntur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 3;

but: ficta pellice plorat,

imaginary, Juv. 6, 272.— Poet., subst.: fictum, i, n., deception, fiction:

ficti pravique tenax,

Verg. A. 4, 188:

jam consumpserat omnem Materiam ficti,

Ov. M. 9, 767.—Adverb.:

fictumque in colla minatus, Crura subit,

Stat. Th. 6, 876.— Adv.: ficte, feignedly, fictitiously:

ficte et simulate quaestus causa insusurrare,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 13:

ficte reconciliata gratia,

id. Fam. 3, 12, 4.

fingo, finxi, fictum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. dih-, dēhmi, smear; Gr. thig, thinganô, touch; whence figulus, figura, etc.; prop., to handle].

Lit.

To touch, handle, stroke, touch gently (rare):

mulcere alternos, et corpora fingere lingua,

Verg. A. 8, 634:

saepe manus aegras manibus fingebat amicis,

Ov. F. 5, 409.—

Esp., to form, shape, fashion, frame, make (class.), whence also figulus:

esse aliquam vim, quae finxerit, vel, ut tuo verbo utar, quae fabricata sit hominem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 87; cf.:

ab aliquo deo ficti esse videantur,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

fingere et construere nidos,

build, id. ib. 2, 6, 23:

favos,

id. Off. 1, 44, 157:

ut illa bestia fetum ederet informem, lambendo postgea fingeret, etc.,

Gell. 17, 10, 3.—

In partic.

Of the plastic art, to form or fashion by art (in wax, clay, stone, etc.), to mould or model, as a statuary:

quorum alterum fingere opinor e cera solitum esse, alterum esse pictorem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 30; cf.:

in ceris aut fictilibus figuris,

id. N. D. 1, 26, 71:

similitudines ex argilla,

Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 151; cf.

, sarcastically: hic homullus, ex argilla et luto fictus Epicurus,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59:

pocula de humo,

Ov. Tr. 2, 489:

Alexander ab Apelle potissimum pingi et a Lysippo fingi volebat... qui neque pictam neque fictam imaginem suam passus est esse, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7; cf.:

fingendi ars,

of making statues, statuary, id. de Or. 3, 7, 26:

corpora fingendo pingendove efficere,

Quint. 5, 12, 21.—

With the access. notion of arranging, adorning, etc., to set to rights, arrange; to adorn, dress, trim ( poet. syn.:

componere, excolere, ornare): Bene cum lauta est (mulier), tersa, ornata, ficta est: infecta est tamen,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 4:

cum se non finxerit ulli,

Ov. R. Am. 341:

isti ficti, compositi, crispi cincinni,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 32; cf.:

canas fingere comas,

Tib. 1, 2, 92:

comas presso pollice,

Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 306; Mart. 6, 57; cf.:

comas auro,

Stat. Th. 5, 228:

crinem,

Verg. A. 4, 148; cf. also Phaedr. 2, 2, 9:

vitem putando,

Verg. G. 2, 407 Forbig.—

With the access. notion of untruth, to alter, change, for the purpose of dissembling:

hi neque vultum fingere, neque interdum lacrimas tenere poterant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4; cf.:

vultus quoque hominum fingit scelus,

i. e. makes men change countenance, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 14.

Trop.

In gen., to form, fashion, make: Ly. multa eveniunt homini quae [p. 751] volt, quae nevolt. Ph. Mentire, gnate, nam sapiens quidem pol ipsus fingit fortunam sibi, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 84; cf.

the vv. foll.: natura fingit homines et creat imitatores et narratores facetos,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 219:

animos fingere, formare,

id. Brut. 38, 142: cf.:

moderari et fingere mentem ac voluntates,

id. Leg. 3, 18, 40:

ea quae nobis non possumus fingere, vultus, facies, sonus,

id. de Or. 1, 28, 127: formam totius rei publicae velim mittas, ex qua me fingere possim, regulate myself, i. e. proceed, act, id. Att. 6, 3, 4; cf.:

ad eorum (qui audiunt) arbitrium et nutum totos se fingunt et accommodant,

id. Or. 8, 24:

ea (verba) nos sicut mollissimam ceram ad nostrum arbitrium formamus et fingimus,

id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf.

also: arbitrio fingere,

id. Brut. 79, 274:

fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 54; cf.:

vitam subito flecti fingique posse,

shaped, directed, Cic. Sull. 28, 79; cf. id. ib. 25, 69:

jure erat semper idem voltus, cum mentis, a qua is fingitur, nulla fieret mutatio,

id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.:

circumspexit amictus et finxit vultum,

composed, Ov. M. 4, 318:

lingua vocem immoderate profusam fingit et terminat,

forms, Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149; cf.:

Peripateticorum institutis commodius fingeretur oratio,

id. Brut. 31, 119: ego apis Matinae more modoque operosa parvus carmina fingo (like the Gr. plattô), make, compose, Hor. C. 4, 2, 32:

carmina,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331; 240:

versus,

id. ib. 382:

poëmata,

Suet. Tit. 3:

opprobria in quemvis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 30.—

In partic.

With a double predicate, to form, make into something or in a certain manner:

finxit te ipsa natura ad honestatem, gravitatem... ad omnes denique virtutes magnum hominem et excelsum,

Cic. Mur. 29, 60:

nec, si miserum fortuna Sinonem Finxit, vanum etiam mendacemque improba finget,

Verg. A. 2, 79:

(illum) spissae nemorum comae Fingent Aeolio carmine nobilem,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 12:

di bene fecerunt, inopis me quodque pusilli Finxerunt animi,

id. S. 1, 4, 18: timui, mea me finxisse minora putarer Dissimulator opis propriae, to have lessened, i. e. purposely disparaged it, id. Ep. 1, 9, 8.—

To form by instruction, to instruct, teach, train:

idem mire finxit filium,

i. e. caused him to play his part, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 25; cf.:

voce paterna Fingeris ad rectum,

Hor. A. P. 367:

fingitur artibus,

id. C. 3, 6, 22:

fingit equum tenera docilem cervice magister Ire viam, qua monstret eques,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 64.—

To form mentally or in speech, to represent in thought, to imagine, conceive, think, suppose; to sketch out:

fingite animis... fingite cogitatione imaginem hujus condicionis meae, etc.,

Cic. Mil. 29, 79; cf.:

omnia quae cogitatione nobismet ipsi possumus fingere,

id. N. D. 3, 18, 47:

fingere animo,

id. de Sen. 12, 41: cf.

also: animo et cogitatione,

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 68:

ex sua natura ceteros,

to conceive of, id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

quid magis exercitum dici aut fingi potest?

id. Mil. 2, 5:

maleficium,

id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116:

tu, stulta, deos, tu fingis inania vera,

Prop. 3, 20 (4, 19), 5:

qui utilitatum causa fingunt amicitias,

suppose, Cic. Lael. 14, 51:

principatum sibi ipse opinionis errore finxerat,

had imagined to himself, id. Off. 1, 8, 26:

in summo oratore fingendo,

in representing, sketching out, id. Or. 2, 7:

finge tamen te improbulum,

Juv. 5, 72.—

With double acc.:

quod si qui me astutiorem fingit,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6:

Tiresiam sapientem fingunt poetae... at vero Polyphemum Homerus immanem finxit,

id. Tusc. 5, 39, 115.—

With an object-clause, and in pass., with a subject-clause:

finge, aliquem nunc fierisapientem, nondum esse,

suppose, Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 117:

finge solum natum nothum,

Quint. 3, 6, 100.—Ellipt.: interfecti aliqui sunt;

finge a nobis,

assume, grant, Liv. 39, 37, 11:

fingamus Alexandrum dari nobis,

Quint. 1, 1, 24:

non omnia corpora fingunt in medium niti,

Lucr. 1, 1083; cf. id. 2, 175:

qui naufragus fingitur se suspendisse,

Quint. 8, 5, 22:

qui suos artus morsu lacerasset, fingitur in scholis supra se cubasse,

id. 8, 2, 20.—

Pregn., with the access. notion of creating by thinking, to contrive, devise, invent, feign something (esp. untrue):

argento comparando fingere fallaciam,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 2; 4:

fallacias,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 22:

fallaciam,

id. And. 1, 3, 15; cf.: nonne ad senem aliquam fabricam fingit? id. Heaut. 3, 2, 34:

fingit causas, ne det, sedulo,

id. Eun. 1, 2, 58:

falsas causas ad discordiam,

id. Hec. 4, 4, 71:

si mihi aliquam (rem publicam), ut apud Platonem Socrates, ipse finxero,

Cic. Rep. 2, 1 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 11:

ex eventis fingere,

id. Fam. 6, 6, 4:

(crimina) in istum fingere,

id. Verr. 1, 5, 15:

ea quae sunt in usu vitaque communi, non ea, quae finguntur aut optantur,

id. Lael. 5, 18:

in faciem moresque meos nova crimina fingis,

Ov. H. 12, 177:

fingere qui non visa potest, commissa tacere Qui nequit,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 84:

quaelibet in quemvis opprobria fingere,

id. Ep. 1, 15, 30:

finguntur et testamenta,

Quint. 7, 4, 39:

nemo dolorem fingit in hoc casu,

Juv. 13, 132: qui sub obtentu monituum deorum scientes eos fingunt, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 2, 6. —With double acc.:

bonois se ac liberales,

Sen. Ben. 4, 17, 3.—With inf.:

ignorare fingit,

Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 306.—Hence, fic-tus, a, um, P. a., feigned, fictitious, false:

in amicitia nihil fictum est, nihil simulatum,

Cic. Lael. 8, 26; cf. id. ib. 18, 65:

ficto officio et simulata sedultiate conjunctus,

id. Caecin. 5, 14:

in re ficta (opp. in vera),

id. Lael. 7, 24:

falsum est id totum neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,

id. Rep. 2, 15:

commenticii et ficti dii,

id. N. D. 2, 28, 70:

fabula,

id. Off. 3, 9, 39:

in rebus fictis et adumbratis,

id. Lael. 26, 97:

amor,

Lucr. 4, 1192:

gemitus,

Ov. M. 6, 565:

cunctatio,

Tac. A. 1, 46:

ficto pectore fatur,

Verg. A. 2, 107.— Poet. and in post-Aug. prose also, of persons:

pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,

dissembling, false, Hor. S. 1, 3, 62:

alii fictum (eum), ingratum, immemorem loquuntur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 3;

but: ficta pellice plorat,

imaginary, Juv. 6, 272.— Poet., subst.: fictum, i, n., deception, fiction:

ficti pravique tenax,

Verg. A. 4, 188:

jam consumpserat omnem Materiam ficti,

Ov. M. 9, 767.—Adverb.:

fictumque in colla minatus, Crura subit,

Stat. Th. 6, 876.— Adv.: ficte, feignedly, fictitiously:

ficte et simulate quaestus causa insusurrare,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 13:

ficte reconciliata gratia,

id. Fam. 3, 12, 4.

forma, ae, f. [Sanscr. dhar-, dhar-āmi, bear; dhar-i-man, figure; Gr. thra- in thrênus, thronos; cf. Lat. frētus, frēnum, fortis, etc.], form, in the most comprehensive sense of the word, contour, figure, shape, appearance (syn.: species, frons, facies, vultus; figura).

Lit.

In gen.: Ha. Earum nutrix, qua sit facie, mihi expedi. Mi. Statura haud magna, corpore aquilo. Ha. Ipsa ea'st. Mi. Specie venusta, ore parvo, atque oculis pernigris. Ha. Formam quidem hercle verbis depinxti mihi, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 154; cf.:

quia semper eorum suppeditabatur facies et forma manebat,

Lucr. 5, 1175:

corporis nostri partes totaque figura et forma et statura, quam apta ad naturam sit, apparet,

Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60:

si omnium animantium formam vincit hominis figura, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 18, 48:

forma ac species liberalis,

id. Cael. 3, 6; cf. id. N. D. 1, 14, 37; 1, 27, 76 sqq.; id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129; id. N. D. 1, 10, 26: aspicite, o cives, senis Enni imagini' formam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. 1 ed. Vahl.):

hoc dico, non ab hominibus formae figuram venisse ad deos... Non ergo illorum humana forma, sed nostra divina dicenda est, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

formaï servare figuram,

Lucr. 4, 69; cf.:

Homeri picturam, non poesin videmus. Quae regio, quae species formaque pugnae, qui motus hominum non ita expictus est, ut, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114 (v. Moser ad h. l.):

eximia forma pueri,

id. ib. 5, 21, 61:

virgines formā excellente,

Liv. 1, 9, 11:

formā praestante puellae,

Ov. H. 3, 35:

forma viros neglecta decet,

id. A. A. 1, 509; cf.:

ut excellentem muliebris formae pulchritudinem muta in sese imago contineret,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

illa aetate venerabilis, haec formae pulchrituline,

Curt. 3, 11, 24:

virginem adultam, formā excellentem,

Liv. 3, 44, 4:

virginem maxime formā notam,

id. 4, 9, 4:

una et viginti formae litterarum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 93:

solis,

Lucr. 5, 571:

muralium falcium,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 5:

lanceae novae formae,

Suet. Dom. 10:

nova aedificiorum Urbis,

id. Ner. 16:

porticus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 5:

forma et situs agri,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4:

eādem cerā aliae atque aliae formae duci solent,

Quint. 10, 5, 9:

geometricae formae,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17; cf. id. de Or. 1, 42, 187:

cum sit geometria divisa in numeros atque formas,

Quint. 1, 10, 35; cf.

also: Archimedes intentus formis, quas in pulvere descripserat,

Liv. 25, 31, 9:

dimidia circuli,

Plin. 2, 59, 60, § 150:

clarissimorum virorum formae,

figures, images, Cic. Mil. 32, 86:

ille artifex, cum faceret Jovis formam aut Minervae, etc.,

id. Or. 2, 9:

igneae formae,

i. e. fiery bodies, id. N. D. 2, 40, 101:

inque tori formam molles sternentur arenae,

in the shape, form, Ov. Am. 2, 11, 47:

(sacellum) crudis laterculis ad formam camini,

Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 63:

ut haec mulier praeter formam nihil ad similitudinem hominis reservarit,

Cic. Clu. 70, 199.—In poet. circumlocution with gen.: astra tenent caeleste solum formaeque deorum, the forms of gods, for gods, Ov. M. 1, 73:

formae ferarum,

id. ib. 2, 78:

ursi ac formae magnorum luporum,

Verg. A. 7, 18:

formae ingentis leo,

of great size, Just. 15, 4, 17; Tac. A. 4, 72.—

In partic.

Pregn., a fine form, beauty:

di tibi formam, di tibi divitias dederant,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 6; cf.:

et genus et formam regina pecunia donat,

id. ib. 1, 6, 37:

movit Ajacem forma captivae Tecmessae,

id. C. 2, 4, 6; Quint. 2, 5, 12:

neque, ut laudanda, quae pecuniam suam pluribus largitur, ita quae formam,

id. 5, 11, 26; 5, 12, 17.—Prov.:

forma bonum fragile est,

Ov. A. A. 2, 113.—

An outline, plan, design (of an architect, etc.):

cum formam videro, quale aedificium futurum sit, scire possum,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1: domus erit egregia;

magis enim cerni jam poterat, quam quantum ex forma judicabamus,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 3 (2, 6, 2):

qua ludum gladiatorium aedificaturus erat,

Suet. Caes. 31.—

A model after which any thing is made, a pattern, stamp, last (of a shoemaker), etc.:

utendum plane sermone, ut numo, cui publica forma est,

Quint. 1, 6, 3:

denarius formae publicae,

Sen. Ben. 5, 29; cf.: formas quasdam nostrae pecuniae agnoscunt, Tac. G. 5:

formas binarias, ternarias et quaternarias, et denarias etiam resolvi praecepit neque in usu cujusquam versari,

stamped money, coins, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 39; cf. Curt. 5, 2, 11:

si scalpra et formas non sutor (emat),

Hor. S. 2, 3, 106; cf.:

forma calcei,

Dig. 9, 2, 5, § 3.—

A mould which gives form to something:

(caseus) vel manu figuratur vel buxeis formis exprimitur,

Col. 7, 8 fin.:

formae in quibus aera funduntur,

Plin. 36, 22, 49, § 168; hence, a frame, case, enclosure:

opus tectorium propter excellentiam picturae ligneis formis inclusum,

id. 35, 14, 49, § 173:

formas rivorum perforare,

i. e. the conduits, pipes, Front. Aquaed. 75:

aquaeductus,

Dig. 7, 1, 27.—Hence,

Transf., the aqueduct itself, Front. Aquaed. 126.—

A rescript, formulary (post-class., whereas the dimin. formula is predominant in this signif.):

ex eorum (amicorum) sententia formas composuit,

Capitol. Anton. 6; so Cod. Just. 1, 2, 20.—

Item forma appellatur puls miliacea ex melle, Paul. ex Fest. p. 83 Müll.

Trop.

In gen., shape, form, nature, manner, kind:

ad me quasi formam communium temporum et totius rei publicae misisti expressam,

Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 4; cf.:

formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,

id. Off. 1, 5, 14:

innumerabiles quasi formae figuraeque dicendi,

id. Or. 3, 9, 34:

cum, quae forma et quasi naturalis nota cujusque sit, describitur, ut, si quaeratur avari species, seditiosi, gloriosi,

id. de Or. 3, 29, 115; cf.:

quae sit in ea species et forma et notio viri boni,

id. Off. 3, 20, 81:

forma ingenii,

id. Brut. 85, 294:

rei publicae,

id. Fam. 2, 8, 1; cf.:

exemplar formaque rei publicae,

id. Rep. 2, 11:

forma et species et origo tyranni,

id. ib. 2, 29:

forma rerum publicarum,

id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36; cf. id. Rep. 1, 34 fin.:

officii,

id. Off. 1, 29, 103:

propositi,

Vell. 1, 16:

sollicitudinum,

Tac. A. 4, 60:

formam vitae inire,

id. ib. 1, 74:

secundum vulgarem formam juris,

Dig. 30, 1, 111:

scelerum formae,

Verg. A. 6, 626:

poenae,

id. ib. 615.—

In partic.

In philos. lang., like species, a sort, kind: nolim, ne si Latine quidem dici possit, specierum et speciebus dicere; et saepe his casibus utendum est: at formis et formarum velim... Genus et formam definiunt hoc modo: genus est notio ad plures differentias pertinens;

forma est notio, cujus differentia ad caput generis et quasi fontem referri potest. Formae igitur sunt hae, in quas genus sine ullius praetermissione dividitur, ut si quis jus in legem, morem, aequitatem dividat, etc.,

Cic. Top. 7, 31; cf.:

genus et species, quam eandem formam Cicero vocat,

Quint. 5, 10, 62: a forma generis, quam interdum, quo planius accipiatur, partem licet nominare, hoc modo, etc.... Genus enim est uxor;

ejus duae formae: una matrumfamilias, altera earum, quae tantummodo uxores habentur,

Cic. Top. 4, 14:

quod haec (partitio) sit totius in partes, illa (divisio) generis in formas,

Quint. 5, 10, 63:

duae formae matrimoniorum,

id. 5, 10, 62.—

In gram.

The grammatical quality, condition of a word:

in quo animadvertito, natura quadruplicem esse formam, ad quam in declinando accommodari debeant verba, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 37 sq.; 101 sq. Müll.; Quint. 10, 1, 10.—

The grammatical form of a word:

utrum in secunda forma verbum temporale habeat in extrema syllaba AS an IS, ad discernendas dissimilitudines interest,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 109 Müll.:

aeditimus ea forma dictum, qua finitimus,

Gell. 12, 10, 1.

Mĕnander or Mĕnandros ( - us; Gr. gen. Menandru, acc. to Menandrou, Ter. Eun., Heaut., and Ad.), i, m., = Menandros, a celebrated Greek comic poet, whom Terence took as his model, Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; Ter. And. prol. 9; Prop. 3, 21, 28:

nobilis comoediis,

Phaedr. 5, 1, 9; Amm. 21, 4, 4.—Form Menandros, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 18:

also Menandrus,

Vell. 1, 16, 3.—

A slave of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 16, 13.—

A freedman of T. Ampius Balbus, Cic. Fam. 13, 70.—Hence,

Mĕnandrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the poet Menander, Menandrian, Prop. 2, 5 (6), 3.—

Mĕnandrĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

fluxus,

Tert. Pall. 4.

Mĕnander or Mĕnandros ( - us; Gr. gen. Menandru, acc. to Menandrou, Ter. Eun., Heaut., and Ad.), i, m., = Menandros, a celebrated Greek comic poet, whom Terence took as his model, Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; Ter. And. prol. 9; Prop. 3, 21, 28:

nobilis comoediis,

Phaedr. 5, 1, 9; Amm. 21, 4, 4.—Form Menandros, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 18:

also Menandrus,

Vell. 1, 16, 3.—

A slave of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 16, 13.—

A freedman of T. Ampius Balbus, Cic. Fam. 13, 70.—Hence,

Mĕnandrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the poet Menander, Menandrian, Prop. 2, 5 (6), 3.—

Mĕnandrĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

fluxus,

Tert. Pall. 4.

Mĕnander or Mĕnandros ( - us; Gr. gen. Menandru, acc. to Menandrou, Ter. Eun., Heaut., and Ad.), i, m., = Menandros, a celebrated Greek comic poet, whom Terence took as his model, Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; Ter. And. prol. 9; Prop. 3, 21, 28:

nobilis comoediis,

Phaedr. 5, 1, 9; Amm. 21, 4, 4.—Form Menandros, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 18:

also Menandrus,

Vell. 1, 16, 3.—

A slave of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 16, 13.—

A freedman of T. Ampius Balbus, Cic. Fam. 13, 70.—Hence,

Mĕnandrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the poet Menander, Menandrian, Prop. 2, 5 (6), 3.—

Mĕnandrĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

fluxus,

Tert. Pall. 4.

Mĕnander or Mĕnandros ( - us; Gr. gen. Menandru, acc. to Menandrou, Ter. Eun., Heaut., and Ad.), i, m., = Menandros, a celebrated Greek comic poet, whom Terence took as his model, Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; Ter. And. prol. 9; Prop. 3, 21, 28:

nobilis comoediis,

Phaedr. 5, 1, 9; Amm. 21, 4, 4.—Form Menandros, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 18:

also Menandrus,

Vell. 1, 16, 3.—

A slave of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 16, 13.—

A freedman of T. Ampius Balbus, Cic. Fam. 13, 70.—Hence,

Mĕnandrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the poet Menander, Menandrian, Prop. 2, 5 (6), 3.—

Mĕnandrĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

fluxus,

Tert. Pall. 4.

Mĕnander or Mĕnandros ( - us; Gr. gen. Menandru, acc. to Menandrou, Ter. Eun., Heaut., and Ad.), i, m., = Menandros, a celebrated Greek comic poet, whom Terence took as his model, Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; Ter. And. prol. 9; Prop. 3, 21, 28:

nobilis comoediis,

Phaedr. 5, 1, 9; Amm. 21, 4, 4.—Form Menandros, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 18:

also Menandrus,

Vell. 1, 16, 3.—

A slave of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 16, 13.—

A freedman of T. Ampius Balbus, Cic. Fam. 13, 70.—Hence,

Mĕnandrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the poet Menander, Menandrian, Prop. 2, 5 (6), 3.—

Mĕnandrĭcus, a, um, adj., the same:

fluxus,

Tert. Pall. 4.

rēgŭla, ae, f. [rego], a straight piece of wood, ruler, rule (class.; cf.: norma, libella).

Lit.: atque si id crederemus, non egeremus perpendiculis, non normis, non regulis, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 163, 2; cf.

(with linea): perpendiculum, and norma,

Vitr. 7, 3:

materiam ad regulam et libellam exigere,

Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188; Col. 3, 13, 11 sq.:

hoc cum regulā exploraveris aequale,

Pall. 1, 9, 2.—

Transf.

A straight staff; in gen., a stick, lath, bar (of wood or iron):

quadratas regulas, quattuor patentes digitos, defigunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10; Front. Strat. 3, 13, 6; Col. 6, 19, 3; 6, 26, 2; 12, 50, 10; Plin. 15, 1, 2, § 5; Cels. 8, 10; Vitr. 5, 10; Stat. Th. 6, 594:

aurea,

an ingot of gold, Vulg. Josue, 7, 21.—

A measuringrod:

in regulā, in pondere,

Vulg. Lev. 19, 35.—

In mechanics.

Plur., the two cheeks on each side of the channel in which the dart of the catapult lay; also called bucculae, Vitr. 10, 12.—

The shank of a triglyph, Vitr. 4, 3.—

The disks of an oilpress:

quod si regulis olea prematur, et praelum et suculam et regulas dominum parare oportere,

Dig. 19, 2, 19, § 2.—

Trop., a rule, pattern, model, example (cf.:

formula, praescriptio): fontem omnium bonorum in corpore esse: hanc normam, hanc regulam, hanc praescriptionem esse naturae,

Cic. Ac. 2, 46, 140:

regula, ad quam eorum dirigantur orationes, qui, etc.,

id. Opt. Gen. 7 fin.; id. Fin. 1, 19, 63:

regula, quā vera et falsa judicarentur,

id. Brut. 41, 152:

nos studia nostra nostrae naturae regulā metiamur,

id. Off. 1, 31, 110:

(lex est) juris atque injuriae regula,

id. Leg. 1, 6, 19:

regula totius philosophiae,

id. Ac. 2, 9, 29; cf. id. N. D. 1, 16, 43:

pravissima consuetudinis regula,

id. Brut. 74, 258:

mediocritatis regula,

id. Off. 2, 17, 59:

omnium una regula est,

id. ib. 3, 31, 81:

emendate loquendi regula,

Quint. 1, 5, 1; so,

loquendi,

id. 1, 7, 1:

sermonis,

id. 1, 6, 44:

morum,

Mart. 11, 2, 3 et saep.:

ad legem ac regulam compositum esse,

Quint. 12, 10, 50; cf.:

locuti sunt ad hanc regulam,

id. 9, 4, 4:

habeo regulam, ut talia visa vera judicem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58:

assit Regula, peccatis quae poenas irroget aequas,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 118:

secundam regulam nostram,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 10, 15; cf. id. ib. v. 13, 16; id. Phil. 3, 16.—In plur. (only late Lat.), Gai. Inst. 3, § 142; Cod. Just. 1, 17, 2, § 10; Arn. 1, n. 59:

regulae credendi,

Aug. Doctr. Chr. 4, 9 init.

Sīsenna, ae, m., a Roman surname.

L. Cornehus, a celebrated Roman historian, born about A.U.C. 635, author of a Roman history (Historiae). He preceded [p. 1711] Sallust, who took him as a model, Cic. Brut. 64, 228; id. Leg. 1, 2, 7; Sall. J. 95, 2; Ov. Tr. 2, 443; v. the fragments, Krause, Vit. et Fragm. Hist. Rom. p. 303 sq.—

The name of a notorious slanderer in Rome, Hor. S. 1, 7, 8.

spĕcĭmen, ĭnis, n. [id.], that by which a thing is seen, known, or recognized.

Lit., a mark, token, proof, example, indication, evidence, sign (class.; used only in sing.; cf.:

exemplum, exemplar): nunc specimen specitur, nunc certamen cernitur,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 2, 15:

tum Specimen cernitur, quo eveniat aedificatio,

id. Most. 1, 2, 52:

hoc specimen verum esse videtur, Quam celeri motu rerum simulacra ferantur,

Lucr. 4, 209:

ingenii specimen est quoddam transilire ante pedes posita,

Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 160:

ingenii, ingenui hominis,

id. Fragm. Pis. 1, 2:

popularis judicii,

id. Brut. 50, 188:

eximium consilii specimen,

Liv. 8, 7, 18:

anticum specimen animorum,

id. 38, 17, 20:

securitatis,

Plin. 7, 55, 56, § 196:

Solis avi,

Verg. A. 12, 164:

tellus Tale dabit specimen,

id. G. 2, 241:

matris Horae,

Val. Fl. 6, 57:

specimen dare alicui in aliquā re,

to furnish proof, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27; cf.:

Romanae fidei specimen gentibus dare,

Liv. 38, 58, 6; 25, 36, 16:

virtutis,

id. 5, 26, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.:

ad specimen virtutis ostendendum,

id. 28, 21, 3.—

Transf., a pattern, model, example, ideal (so a favorite word with Cic.):

specimen sationis et insitionis origo Ipsa fuit Natura,

Lucr. 5, 1361; cf. id. 5, 186:

specimen humanitatis, salis, suavitatis, leporis,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55:

temperantiae prudentiaeque specimen est Q. Scaevola,

id. N. D. 3, 32, 80:

innocentiae,

id. Pis. 39, 95:

is ordo ceteris specimen esto,

id. Leg. 3, 3, 10:

num dubitas, quin specimen naturae capi deceat ex optumā quāque naturā?

id. Tusc. 1, 14, 32:

unicum antiquitatis specimen,

Tac. A. 3, 4.—

An ornament, honor:

antiquum imperii,

Sen. Thyest. 223:

egregium,

id. Phoen. 80:

summum,

Amm. 23, 6, 23:

tibi specimen gloriosum arrogaris,

App. M. 1, p. 112 fin.