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grăphĭcus, a, um, adj., = graphikos, of or belonging to painting or drawing, graphic.

Lit., only subst.: grăphĭce, ēs, f. (sc. ars), like hê graphikê, the art of drawing, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 77.—

Transf.

Picturesque, fine (very rare): eminentes expressiones graphicoteram efficient in aspectu delectationem (Gr. compar. graphikôteran), Vitr. 4, 4.—

Of persons, exquisite, elegant, masterly, notable, skilful:

graphicum mortalem Antiphonem!

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 64; cf. id. Ps. 1, 5, 104; 2, 4, 9:

nugator,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 91:

fur,

id. ib. 4, 3, 17:

servus,

id. Ep. 3, 3, 29.—Hence, adv.: gră-phĭce.

Picturesquely:

versibus satis munde atque graphice factis describere,

Gell. 10, 17, 2; 12, 4, 1.—

In gen., finely, beautifully, nicely, exactly:

obunctis oculis,

App. M. 8, p. 214, 5:

tum hanc hospitam crepidula ut graphice decet!

Plaut. Pers. 4, 2, 3; cf. id. Trin. 3, 3, 38:

nunc ego huic graphice facetus flam,

id. Pers. 2, 2, 5.

gryllus (also grillus), i, m., = grullos.

A cricket or grasshopper, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 138.—

Transf., in painting, a kind of comic figures, Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 114.

Gryllus, i, m., =Grullos, a Greek proper name.

A son of Xenophon, who fell in the battle at Mantinea, and was celebrated by Aristotle in a monogram entitled Grullos, Quint. 2, 17, 14.—

A Roman proper name, Mart. 1, 60, 3; 2, 14, 13.

gryllus (also grillus), i, m., = grullos.

A cricket or grasshopper, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 138.—

Transf., in painting, a kind of comic figures, Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 114.

Gryllus, i, m., =Grullos, a Greek proper name.

A son of Xenophon, who fell in the battle at Mantinea, and was celebrated by Aristotle in a monogram entitled Grullos, Quint. 2, 17, 14.—

A Roman proper name, Mart. 1, 60, 3; 2, 14, 13.

gryllus (also grillus), i, m., = grullos.

A cricket or grasshopper, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 138.—

Transf., in painting, a kind of comic figures, Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 114.

Gryllus, i, m., =Grullos, a Greek proper name.

A son of Xenophon, who fell in the battle at Mantinea, and was celebrated by Aristotle in a monogram entitled Grullos, Quint. 2, 17, 14.—

A Roman proper name, Mart. 1, 60, 3; 2, 14, 13.

incīsūra, ae, f. [2. incīdo], a cutting into, incision, incisure (post-Aug.).

In gen., Col. 12, 54, 1; Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231. — Plur., Vulg. Lev. 21, 5.—

In partic.

A natural incision, indentation; as in the palm of the hand, the bodies of insects, in leaves, etc., Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 274; 11, 1, 1, § 1; 15, 11, 11, § 37; 26, 8, 29, § 46.—

In painting, a division between the light and shade, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 163.

ĭn-ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a., to burn in, to burn.

Lit.:

foramen,

i. e. to make an uneven hole, such as is made by burning, Col. 4, 29, 16.—Of encaustic painting:

Nicias scripsit se inussisse,

Plin. 35, 4, 10, § 27:

cerae tinguntur isdem his coloribus ad eas picturas quae inuruntur,

id. 35, 7, 31, § 49. — To burn in a mark:

notas et nomina gentis,

Verg. G. 3, 158; Just. 44, 4, 9:

inustis barbarum litterarum notis,

Curt. 5, 5, 6.—

To burn off or away, remove by burning:

inustis infantum dexterioribus mammis... unde Amazones dictae sunt,

Just. 2, 4, 11:

ferro candente calcaribus inustis,

Col. 8, 2, 3; cf. Plin. 23, 8, 77, § 148.—

Trop., to brand, to imprint or attach indelibly:

ne qua generi ac nomini suo nota nefariae turpitudinis inuratur,

Cic. Sull. 31, 88:

quas ille leges fuit impositurus nobis atque inusturus?

id. Mil. 12, 33: aliquid calamistris, id. Brut. 75, 262:

censoriae severitatis nota inuri,

id. Clu. 46, 129:

signa probitatis... domesticis inusta notis veritatis,

id. Planc. 12, 29:

acerbissimum alicui dolorem,

id. Phil. 11, 15, 38:

alicui famam superbiae et crudelitatis,

id. Mur. 4, 8:

plurima mala rei publicae,

id. Phil. 2, 46, 117:

alicui ignominiam,

id. Prov. Cons. 7, 16:

vivet semper in pectoribus illorum, quidquid istuc praesens necessitas inusserit,

Liv. 9, 3 fin.:

nota turpitudinis inusta vitae alicujus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 6 init.; Liv. 3, 58:

mihi dolorem,

Cic. Mil. 36, 99:

ei dolorem,

id. Tusc. 3, 9, 19; cf.:

hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113. —Hence, ĭnustus, a, um, P. a., burned; subst.: inusta, ōrum, n., burned parts, burns, Plin. 22, 14, 16, § 37.

ĭn-ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a., to burn in, to burn.

Lit.:

foramen,

i. e. to make an uneven hole, such as is made by burning, Col. 4, 29, 16.—Of encaustic painting:

Nicias scripsit se inussisse,

Plin. 35, 4, 10, § 27:

cerae tinguntur isdem his coloribus ad eas picturas quae inuruntur,

id. 35, 7, 31, § 49. — To burn in a mark:

notas et nomina gentis,

Verg. G. 3, 158; Just. 44, 4, 9:

inustis barbarum litterarum notis,

Curt. 5, 5, 6.—

To burn off or away, remove by burning:

inustis infantum dexterioribus mammis... unde Amazones dictae sunt,

Just. 2, 4, 11:

ferro candente calcaribus inustis,

Col. 8, 2, 3; cf. Plin. 23, 8, 77, § 148.—

Trop., to brand, to imprint or attach indelibly:

ne qua generi ac nomini suo nota nefariae turpitudinis inuratur,

Cic. Sull. 31, 88:

quas ille leges fuit impositurus nobis atque inusturus?

id. Mil. 12, 33: aliquid calamistris, id. Brut. 75, 262:

censoriae severitatis nota inuri,

id. Clu. 46, 129:

signa probitatis... domesticis inusta notis veritatis,

id. Planc. 12, 29:

acerbissimum alicui dolorem,

id. Phil. 11, 15, 38:

alicui famam superbiae et crudelitatis,

id. Mur. 4, 8:

plurima mala rei publicae,

id. Phil. 2, 46, 117:

alicui ignominiam,

id. Prov. Cons. 7, 16:

vivet semper in pectoribus illorum, quidquid istuc praesens necessitas inusserit,

Liv. 9, 3 fin.:

nota turpitudinis inusta vitae alicujus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 6 init.; Liv. 3, 58:

mihi dolorem,

Cic. Mil. 36, 99:

ei dolorem,

id. Tusc. 3, 9, 19; cf.:

hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113. —Hence, ĭnustus, a, um, P. a., burned; subst.: inusta, ōrum, n., burned parts, burns, Plin. 22, 14, 16, § 37.

lĭbīdo or lŭbīdo, ĭnis, f. [libet], pleasure, desire, eagerness, longing, fancy, inclination (cf.: appetitio, optatio, cupiditas, cupido, studium).

In gen.:

ubilubido veniet nauseae,

Cato, R. R. 156, 4; Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 26; Lucr. 4, 779:

ex bonis (perturbationibus) libidinem et laetitiam, ut sit laetitia praesentium bonorum, libido futurorum,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 11:

ipsa iracundia libidinis est pars: sic enim definitur iracundia, ulciscendi libido,

id. ib. 3, 5, 11; id. Fin. 3, 9, 32:

non omnibus delendi urbem libido erat,

Liv. 5, 42:

juventus magis in decoris armis et militaribus equis quam in scortis atque conviviis libidinem habebat,

delighted in, Sall. C. 7:

tanta libido cum Mario eundi plerosque invaserat,

id. J. 84; id. ib. 86:

tanta libidine vulgi auditur,

Juv. 7, 85:

rarus sermo illis, et magna libido tacendi,

id. 2, 14:

urinae lacessit,

Gell. 19, 4: est lubido with inf. ( = libet, ante-class.):

est lubido orationem audire,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 25; 4, 2, 23:

est lubido homini suo animo opsequi,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 11; id. Men. 1, 1, 7; id. Ep. 2, 2, 56 al.—

In partic.

Unlawful or inordinate desire, passion, caprice, wilfulness, wantonness:

ingenium est omnium hominum ab labore proclive ad libidinem,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 51:

ad libidinem suam vexare aliquem,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 141: fortuna res cunctas ex lubidine magis, quam ex vero celebrat obscuratque, arbitrarily, according to pleasure or caprice, Sall. C. 8:

quod positum est in alterius voluntate, ne dicam libidine,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 3:

ad libidinem aliorum judicare,

id. Font. 12, 26; id. Fin. 1, 6, 19:

instruitur acies ad libidinem militum,

Liv. 25, 21.—

Sensual desire, lust (the usual meaning in plur.):

procreandi,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 53:

libidinis ministri,

id. Lael. 10, 35:

commiscendorum corporum mirae libidines,

id. N. D. 2, 51, 128:

qui voluptatum libidine feruntur,

id. Tusc. 3, 2, 4:

qui feruntur libidine,

id. ib. 3, 5, 11:

libidine accendi,

Sall. C. 28:

mala libido Lucretiae per vim stuprandae,

Liv. 1, 57; Suet. Aug. 69; id. Galb. 22; Col. 8, 11, 6:

eadem summis pariter minimisque libido,

Juv. 6, 349:

saltante libidine,

i. e. passion goading on, id. 6, 318.—Esp., of unnatural lust, Suet. Aug. 71; Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 13. —Of unbridled indulgence:

vinulentiam ac libidines, grata barbaris, usurpans,

Tac. A. 11, 16.—Hence,

Transf. (abstr. pro concreto): libidines, voluptuous or obscene representations in painting and sculpture, Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 31:

in poculis libidines caelare juvit,

Plin. 33 praef. §

4: pinxit et libidines,

id. 35, 10, 36, § 72.

līnĕa ( līnĭa), ae, f. [linum], a linen thread, a string, line.

Lit.:

nectere lineas, restes, funes,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6:

linia longinqua per os religata,

Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59:

ligato pede longā lineā gallina custoditur,

Col. 8, 11, 15:

linea margaritarum triginta quinque,

Dig. 35, 2, 26; cf.:

lineae duae ex margaritis,

ib. 34, 2, 40; and ib. 9, 2, 27 fin.:

linea dives (of the strings of pearls which were thrown among the people at the public games),

Mart. 8, 78, 7 (cf. Suet. Ner. 11).—

In partic.

In a net, the threads which form the meshes:

licia difficile cernuntur: atque ut in plagis lineae offensae, praecipitant in sinum (of spiders' webs),

Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.—

Transf., a net, Plin. 9, 43, 67, § 145:

si feras lineis et pinna clusas contineas,

Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5.—

A fishing-line:

tremulāve captum lineā trahit piscem,

Mart. 3, 58, 27; 10, 30, 18.—Hence, prov.: mittere lineam, to cast a line, to fish for, try to catch a person, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 22.—

A plumbline of masons and carpenters:

perpendiculo et lineā uti,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1; cf.:

ad regulam et lineam,

Vitr. 7, 3; 5, 3; Pall. 3, 9.—Hence,

Ad lineam and rectā lineā, in a straight line, vertically, perpendicularly:

solida corpora ferri suo deorsum pondere ad lineam,

Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 147;

of the layers of stone in a wall: saxa, quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

(ignis) rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolat,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40.—

A region, tract:

linea tam rectum mundi ferit illa Leonem,

that region lies directly under the lion, Luc. 10, 306.—

A bowstring, Ter. Maur. praef. v. 19.—

Transf., a thread-like stroke or mark made with a pen, pencil, etc., a line:

Apelli fuit perpetua consuetudo, numquam tam occupatam diem agendi, ut non, lineam ducendo, exerceret artem, quod ab eo in proverbium venit (namely, the proverb: nulla dies sine linea),

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 84:

lineam cinere ducere,

id. 18, 33, 76, § 327:

candida per medium folium transcurrens,

id. 27, 11, 77, § 102:

serra in praetenui linea premente harenas (of sawing marble),

id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:

nec congruebant ad horas ejus lineae (of the sundial),

id. 7, 60, 60, § 214; Pers. 3, 4.—In geometry, a line: linea a nostris dicitur, quam grammên Graeci nominant. Eam M. Varro ita definit:

Linea est, inquit, longitudo quaedam sine latitudine et altitudine,

Gell. 1, 20, 7:

locorum extremae lineae,

Quint. 1, 10, 39:

lineae, quae emittuntur ex centro,

Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 165; 2, 16, 13, § 64:

linea circumcurrens,

a circular line, circle, Quint. 1, 10, 41.—

In partic.

A boundary-line which consisted of a narrow path between fields, Hyg. de Limit. p. 151; 152 Goes. —

In gen., a way, path:

dedit sequendam calle recto lineam,

Prud. Cath. 7, 48.—

A barrier or line in the theatre, by which the seats were separated from each other:

quid frustra refugis? cogit nos linea jungi,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 19; id. A. A. 1, 139:

lineas poscere,

Quint. 11, 3, 133.—

A feature, lineament:

adulti venustissimis lineis,

Arn. 5, 179 al. —

Trop.

A line of descent or kindred, lineage (post-class.): stemmata cognationum directo limite in duas lineas separantur, quarum altera est superior, altera inferior, Dig. 38, 10, 9:

clara gentis Linea,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 43:

primo gradu superioris linea continentur pater, mater,

Paul. Sent. 4, 11, 1.—

An outline, sketch, design (a fig. borrowed from painting):

quidam materias latius dicendo prosequebantur... alii, cum primas modo lineas duxissent,

Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 120: ea quae in Platonis oratione demiramur, non aemulari quidem, sed lineas umbrasque facere ausi sumus, Gell. 17, 20, 8.—

A boundary-line, bound, limit, end, goal:

cum poëtae transilire lineas impune possint,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 5 Müll.; Cassiod. Var. 3, 50:

si quidem est peccare tamquam transire lineas,

to go beyond the mark, pass the prescribed limits, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20:

mors ultima linea rerum est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79:

admoveri lineas sentio,

Sen. Ep. 49.—Hence, prov.: amare extremā lineā, to love at a distance, i. e. to see the beloved object only at a distance, not be able to speak to her, Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12.

līnĕa ( līnĭa), ae, f. [linum], a linen thread, a string, line.

Lit.:

nectere lineas, restes, funes,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6:

linia longinqua per os religata,

Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59:

ligato pede longā lineā gallina custoditur,

Col. 8, 11, 15:

linea margaritarum triginta quinque,

Dig. 35, 2, 26; cf.:

lineae duae ex margaritis,

ib. 34, 2, 40; and ib. 9, 2, 27 fin.:

linea dives (of the strings of pearls which were thrown among the people at the public games),

Mart. 8, 78, 7 (cf. Suet. Ner. 11).—

In partic.

In a net, the threads which form the meshes:

licia difficile cernuntur: atque ut in plagis lineae offensae, praecipitant in sinum (of spiders' webs),

Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.—

Transf., a net, Plin. 9, 43, 67, § 145:

si feras lineis et pinna clusas contineas,

Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5.—

A fishing-line:

tremulāve captum lineā trahit piscem,

Mart. 3, 58, 27; 10, 30, 18.—Hence, prov.: mittere lineam, to cast a line, to fish for, try to catch a person, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 22.—

A plumbline of masons and carpenters:

perpendiculo et lineā uti,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1; cf.:

ad regulam et lineam,

Vitr. 7, 3; 5, 3; Pall. 3, 9.—Hence,

Ad lineam and rectā lineā, in a straight line, vertically, perpendicularly:

solida corpora ferri suo deorsum pondere ad lineam,

Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 147;

of the layers of stone in a wall: saxa, quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

(ignis) rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolat,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40.—

A region, tract:

linea tam rectum mundi ferit illa Leonem,

that region lies directly under the lion, Luc. 10, 306.—

A bowstring, Ter. Maur. praef. v. 19.—

Transf., a thread-like stroke or mark made with a pen, pencil, etc., a line:

Apelli fuit perpetua consuetudo, numquam tam occupatam diem agendi, ut non, lineam ducendo, exerceret artem, quod ab eo in proverbium venit (namely, the proverb: nulla dies sine linea),

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 84:

lineam cinere ducere,

id. 18, 33, 76, § 327:

candida per medium folium transcurrens,

id. 27, 11, 77, § 102:

serra in praetenui linea premente harenas (of sawing marble),

id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:

nec congruebant ad horas ejus lineae (of the sundial),

id. 7, 60, 60, § 214; Pers. 3, 4.—In geometry, a line: linea a nostris dicitur, quam grammên Graeci nominant. Eam M. Varro ita definit:

Linea est, inquit, longitudo quaedam sine latitudine et altitudine,

Gell. 1, 20, 7:

locorum extremae lineae,

Quint. 1, 10, 39:

lineae, quae emittuntur ex centro,

Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 165; 2, 16, 13, § 64:

linea circumcurrens,

a circular line, circle, Quint. 1, 10, 41.—

In partic.

A boundary-line which consisted of a narrow path between fields, Hyg. de Limit. p. 151; 152 Goes. —

In gen., a way, path:

dedit sequendam calle recto lineam,

Prud. Cath. 7, 48.—

A barrier or line in the theatre, by which the seats were separated from each other:

quid frustra refugis? cogit nos linea jungi,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 19; id. A. A. 1, 139:

lineas poscere,

Quint. 11, 3, 133.—

A feature, lineament:

adulti venustissimis lineis,

Arn. 5, 179 al. —

Trop.

A line of descent or kindred, lineage (post-class.): stemmata cognationum directo limite in duas lineas separantur, quarum altera est superior, altera inferior, Dig. 38, 10, 9:

clara gentis Linea,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 43:

primo gradu superioris linea continentur pater, mater,

Paul. Sent. 4, 11, 1.—

An outline, sketch, design (a fig. borrowed from painting):

quidam materias latius dicendo prosequebantur... alii, cum primas modo lineas duxissent,

Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 120: ea quae in Platonis oratione demiramur, non aemulari quidem, sed lineas umbrasque facere ausi sumus, Gell. 17, 20, 8.—

A boundary-line, bound, limit, end, goal:

cum poëtae transilire lineas impune possint,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 5 Müll.; Cassiod. Var. 3, 50:

si quidem est peccare tamquam transire lineas,

to go beyond the mark, pass the prescribed limits, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20:

mors ultima linea rerum est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79:

admoveri lineas sentio,

Sen. Ep. 49.—Hence, prov.: amare extremā lineā, to love at a distance, i. e. to see the beloved object only at a distance, not be able to speak to her, Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12.

mensūra. ae, f. [metior], a measuring, measure (class.).

Lit.:

mensuram facere alicujus, Ov A. A. 3, 265: agere,

to measure, survey, Plin. Ep. 10, 28, 5:

inire. Col 5, 3: res (quae) pondere numero mensura constant,

Gai. Inst. 2, 196.—

Transf., a measure, by which any thing is measured:

majore mensurā reddere,

Cic. Off. 1, 15, 48:

qui modus mensurae medimnus appellatur,

kind of measure, Nep. Att. 2, 6:

mensuras et pondera invenit Phidon Argivus, aut Palamedes,

Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 198:

ex aquā, i. e. clepsydra,

Caes. B. G. 5, 13:

quicquid sub aurium mensuram aliquam cadit, numerus vocatur,

Cic. Or 20, 67:

de mensura jus dicere,

Juv. 10, 101. —

Trop., measure, quantity, proportion, capacity, power, extent, degree, etc.:

dare alicui mensuram bibendi,

to prescribe how much one may drink, Ov. A. A. 1, 589:

nostri orbis,

Tac. Agr. 12:

beneficii,

Plin. Ep. 10, 12, 2:

qui tanti mensuram nominis imples,

i. e. who answerest to its meaning, art worthy of it, Ov. P. 1, 2, 1:

ficti crescit,

measure, size, id. M. 12, 57: sui, one's own measure, i. e. capacity, Juv. 11, 35:

sed deerat pisci patinae mensura,

was too small, Juv. 4, 72: nuribus Argolicis fui Mensura voti, I was the measure of their wishes, i. e. they desired to have as much as I possessed, Sen. Herc. Oet. 400:

submittere se ad mensuram discentis,

to accommodate one's self to the capacity of the learner, Quint. 2, 3, 7: legati, character, standing. Tac. H. 1, 52:

mensura tamen quae sufficiat census,

how large a fortune, Juv. 14. 316.—In painting:

Apelles cedebat Asclepiodoro de mensuris, hoc est quanto quid a quoque distare deberet,

the degree of prominence, and relative distances, of parts of a picture, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 80.—In gram.:

mensurae verborum,

the quantities of their syllables, Quint. 10, 1, 10.

nŭmĕrōsus, a, um, adj. [numerus].

Consisting of a great number, numerous, manifold (post-Aug.):

numerosa pubes,

Val. Fl. 5, 40:

partus,

Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 233:

numerosā caede futuram ultus mortem,

Sil. 10, 172:

herba radice magnā, numerosa,

Plin. 21, 24, 95, § 167:

civitas, numerosissima provinciae totius,

the most populous, Tac. Agr. 17:

numerosissima florum varietas, Plin, 35, 11, 40, § 125: numerosissima suffragia,

id. 7, 28, 29, § 101:

classis,

Juv. 7, 151:

excelsae turris tabulata,

id. 10, 106:

copiosa et numerosa domus,

Plin. Ep. 4, 15, 4:

debitor arcae,

Mart. 3, 31, 3; id. 4, 1, 3:

pullus equinus lato et musculorum toris numeroso pectore,

Col. 6, 29, 2; so,

feminibus torosis ac numerosis,

id. ib.:

pictor diligentior quam numerosior,

who is more accurate than prolific, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 130:

gymnasium longe numerosius laxiusque,

more extensive, with more wings, Plin. Ep. 10, 48, 4:

numerosa tabula,

a painting with many figures, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 138:

numerosum opus,

of various contents, Quint. 5, 10, 10:

sermo,

id. 8, 6, 64:

pectus,

Col. 6, 9, 2: numerosa res means variously accomplished, having a knowledge of many things:

RES NVMEROSA FVI,

Inscr. Grut. 655, 3.—

Full of rhythm or harmony, according to rhythm, measured, rhythmical, harmonious, melodious (class.):

numerosaque bracchia ducit,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 29:

numerosos ponere gressus (al. gestus),

id. P. 4, 2, 33: numerosa oratio, rhythmical, melodious: si numerosum est id in omnibus sonis atque vocibus, quod habet quasdam impressiones et quod metiri possumus intervallis aequalibus;

recte, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185:

apta et numerosa oratio,

id. Or. 50; 52:

numerosus Horatius,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 49:

Myron numerosior in arte, quam Polycletus,

more harmonious, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 58. —Hence, adv., in two forms.

nŭmĕ-rōsē.

Numerously, multifariously (not in Cic.):

numerosius onerare,

Col. 4, 21, 2:

numerosius dividere,

Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 61. — Sup.:

familias numerosissime comparant,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 54, 14:

sententias versare quam numerosissime,

Quint. 10, 5, 9:

numerose loqui,

to speak in the plural number, Tert. adv. Prax. 12.—

Rhythmically, harmoniously, melodiously (class.):

fidiculae numerose sonantes?

Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:

(sententia) cadit numerose,

id. Brut. 8, 34:

numerose dicere,

id. Or. 66, 221; 65, 219; 62, 210:

numerosius dicere,

Gell. 7, 3, 53.—

nŭmĕrōsĭter, rhythmically, harmoniously, melodiously, Arn. 2, 73.

pēnĭcillum, i, n., and pēnĭcillus, i, m. dim. [peniculus], lit., a little tail; hence, acc. to diverse usage,

A painter's brush or pencil:

caudam antiqui penem vocabant, ex quo est propter similitudinem penicillus,

Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 2; id. Or. 22, 74; Quint. 2, 21, 24:

setae e penicillis tectoriis,

Plin. 28, 17, 71, § 235; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 63.—

Transf.

Painting. Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 60.—

Style of composition:

modo mihi date Britanniam, quam pingam coloribus tuis, penicillo meo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 2.—

A roll of lint, a tent, for wounds, etc., Cels. 2, 10; 7, 7, 6; Plin. 34, 11, 26, § 113.—

A small sponge, Col. 12, 18; Plin. 9, 45, 69, § 148.—

A kind of eye-salve, Inscr. Tōchon, Cachets des Ocul. pp. 66 and 71.

pēnĭcillum, i, n., and pēnĭcillus, i, m. dim. [peniculus], lit., a little tail; hence, acc. to diverse usage,

A painter's brush or pencil:

caudam antiqui penem vocabant, ex quo est propter similitudinem penicillus,

Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 2; id. Or. 22, 74; Quint. 2, 21, 24:

setae e penicillis tectoriis,

Plin. 28, 17, 71, § 235; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 63.—

Transf.

Painting. Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 60.—

Style of composition:

modo mihi date Britanniam, quam pingam coloribus tuis, penicillo meo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 2.—

A roll of lint, a tent, for wounds, etc., Cels. 2, 10; 7, 7, 6; Plin. 34, 11, 26, § 113.—

A small sponge, Col. 12, 18; Plin. 9, 45, 69, § 148.—

A kind of eye-salve, Inscr. Tōchon, Cachets des Ocul. pp. 66 and 71.

pigmentum, i, n. [pingo], a material for coloring, a color, paint, pigment.

Lit.

For painting, a paint:

aspersa temere pigmenta in tabulā, oris lineamenta efficere possunt,

Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:

vela in cortinam pigmenti ferventis mersa,

Plin. 35, 11, 42, § 150.—Jocosely:

quem Apelles Zeuxisque duo pingent pigmentis ulmeis,

i. e. beat black and blue, Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 20. —

For cosmetics, a paint, pigment:

non istanc aetatem oportet pigmentum ullum attingere,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 106; Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 233:

multiplicasti pigmenta tua,

Vulg. Isa. 57, 9.—

Transf., the juice of plants (post-class.), Firm. Math. 8, 17; v. Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 9, 46.—

Trop., of style, coloring, ornament: meus autem liber totum Isocratis murothêkion atque omnes ejus discipulorum arculas et nonnihil etiam Aristotelia pigmenta consumpsit, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 1:

pigmentorum flos et color,

id. Brut. 87, 298:

sententiae, tam verae, tam sine pigmentis fucoque puerili,

id. de Or. 2, 45, 188.

rĕ-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n., to go back, fall back, give ground, retire, withdraw, recede.

Lit. (class.; cf.:

decedo, abscedo): pone nos recede,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 34:

ego abs te procul recedam,

id. Mil. 2, 4, 4:

hinc,

id. Bacch. 4, 1, 7:

illuc,

id. Rud. 3, 5, 7:

recedere loco,

id. Am. 1, 1, 84; cf.:

centuriones ex eo quo stabant loco recesserunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

non modo illum e Galliā non discessisse, sed ne a Mutinā quidem recessisse,

Cic. Phil. 8, 7, 21:

procul a telo veniente,

Ov. M. 12, 359:

de medio,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112:

ab hoste,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 151:

longius,

Verg. G. 4, 191:

tristis recedo,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 35; id. C. 2, 19, 31:

ab Illiturgi,

Liv. 24, 41:

in castra Corneliana,

Caes. B. C. 2, 30 fin. —

In partic., to retire to one's bedchamber, go to rest, Petr. 85, 5; Ov. Ib. 239.—

Transf.

Of inanimate and abstract things:

ut illae undae ad alios accedant, ab aliis autem recedant,

Cic. Planc. 6, 15:

verba movere loco, quamvis invita recedant,

yield, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 113:

multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimunt,

the departing years, id. A. P. 176:

abeant ac recedant voces illae,

Plin. Pan. 2, 2.—

Of places, things, etc., to stand back, recede (i. e. to be distant or retired;

freq., esp. after the Aug. per.): secreta parentis Anchisae domus arboribusque obtecta recessit,

Verg. A. 2, 300; cf. Cat. 64, 43; and:

etsi lata recessit Urbe domus,

Stat. Th. 5, 242; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 21:

Palaestina vocabatur, quā contingit Arabas... et quā recedit intus, Damascena,

Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66:

Magna Graecia in tres sinus recedens Ausonii maris,

id. 3, 10, 15, § 95; 4, 10, 17, § 33; Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 18.—Of nations:

gens Cappadocum longissime Ponticarum omnium introrsus recedens,

Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 24.—In a painting, etc.:

pictor vi artis suae efficit, ut quaedam eminere in opere, quaedam recessisse credamus,

Quint. 2, 17, 21; cf.:

venter recessit,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 2.— Poet., of places, which appear to recede by our departure from them:

provehimur portu, terraeque urbesque recedunt,

Verg. A. 3, 72:

mea terra recedit,

Ov. M. 8, 139; 11, 466; Sil. 3, 157; Stat. Th. 1, 549 al.—

In gen., to go away, withdraw, retire, depart from a place, to abandon a thing, = discedere.

Lit. (in good prose very rare), = discedere, haec effatu' pater, germana, repente recessit, vanished, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 48 Vahl.):

nec vero a stabulis pluviā impendente recedunt Longius (apes),

Verg. G. 4, 191; Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 2.—

Transf., of things, to separate from any thing (with which it was previously connected):

in aliis ossibus ex toto saepe fragmentum a fragmento recedit,

Cels. 8, 7, 1:

carnes ab ossibus,

Plin. 22, 8, 9, § 22; 19, 5, 23, § 67:

caput e cervice,

Ov. P. 2, 8, 65;

for which also: caput cervice,

id. H. 16, 153; cf. id. F. 6, 708; Luc. 8, 674. —

Trop., to withdraw, depart, desist (class.; esp. freq. in Cic. and Quint.): si quid vos per laborem recte feceritis, labor ille a vobis cito recedet, Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4:

avius a verā longe ratione recedit,

Lucr. 2, 229:

senes, ut in otia tuta recedant, aiunt, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 31:

ab officio recedere,

Cic. Off. 3, 4, 19; Auct. Her. 3, 3, 5; Cic. Caecin. 20, 58:

ab armis,

i. e. to lay them down, id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

penitus a naturā,

id. Fin. 4, 16, 43:

ab eodem exemplo,

Quint. 1, 6, 6; 2, 8, 13; 7, 3, 21:

a sententiis ejus, ab omni voluntate, consiliisque,

Cic. Att. 12, 4, 2: a vitā, i. e. to kill one ' s self, id. Tusc. 4, 17, 40 (but Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 6, to die, in gen., a doubtful conjecture; Jahn, procedente [p. 1530] vitā):

a veritatis viā longe,

Lact. 2, 8, 1:

ab oppugnatione,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Very freq. of inanimate and abstract subjects:

postquam recessit vita patrio corpore,

Plaut. Merc. prol. 73:

(nomen hostis) a peregrino recessit et proprie in eo, qui arma contra ferret, remansit,

has lost the signification of foreigner, Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37; so,

res a consuetudine,

id. Quint. 21, 67; Quint. 2, 13, 11:

figurae sententiarum ab illo simplici modo indicandi recedunt,

id. 9, 2, 1:

ab usu cotidiano,

id. 10, 1, 44 et saep.— Poet., with simple abl.:

sic nunquam corde recedit Nata tuo,

departs, Stat. S. 3, 5, 55.— Absol., to vanish, pass away, disappear:

et pariter Phoebes, pariter maris ira recessit,

Ov. M. 12, 36:

spes,

Luc. 7, 688:

quonam nostri tibi cura recessit?

Verg. A. 2, 595:

fortuna recessit,

id. ib. 3, 53.— With in:

in ventos vita recessit,

passed away into the winds, Verg. A. 4, 705.— Hence, * rĕcessus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), drawn back, receding:

scaena recessior,

standing farther back, Vitr. 5, 8.

rĕ-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (rēduco or redduco, Lucr. 1, 228; 4, 992; 5, 133; old imp. redduce, Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 29), v. a.

To lead or bring back, to conduct back (very freq. and class.; syn. redigo).

Lit.

In gen.

Of living objects:

reducam te ubi fuisti,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 106:

hunc ex Alide huc reducimus,

id. ib. 5, 4, 17; cf.:

aliquem ex errore in viam,

id. Ps. 2, 3, 2:

aliquem de exsilio,

Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 9; id. Att. 9, 14, 2; cf.:

ab exsilio,

Quint. 5, 11, 9:

socios a morte,

Verg. A. 4, 375:

Silenium ad parentes,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 86; so,

ad aliquem,

Cic. Off. 3, 22, 86; Caes. B. G. 6, 32; id. B. C. 1, 24; 2, 38 fin.; cf.:

a pastu vitulos ad tecta,

Verg. G. 4, 434:

reduci in carcerem,

Cic. Att. 4, 6, 2:

in Italiam,

Caes. B. C. 3, 18:

reducere uxorem,

to take again to wife, marry again, Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 31; 43; 3, 5, 51; 4, 4, 12 sq. al.; Nep. Dion, 6, 2; Suet. Dom. 3; 13; cf.:

uxorem in matrimonium,

id. ib. 8:

regem,

to restore to the throne, to reinstate, Cic. Rab. Post. 8, 19; id. Fam. 1, 2, 1; 1, 7, 4; id. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 3 (v. reductio):

possum excitare multos reductos testes liberalitatis tuae,

i. e. who have been brought back by your generosity, id. Rab. Post. 17, 47; cf.: cum in Italiam reductus existimabor, Pomp. ap. Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 4. —

With inanimate objects, to draw back, bring back:

(falces) tormentis introrsus reducebant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 22:

reliquas munitiones ab eā fossā pedes CCCC. reduxit,

id. ib. 7, 22; cf.

turres,

id. ib. 7, 24 fin.: calculum, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 170, 30:

in jaculando bracchia,

Quint. 10, 3, 6:

sinum dextrā usque ad lumbos,

id. 11, 3, 131:

ad pectora remos,

Ov. M. 11, 461; Verg. A. 8, 689:

clipeum,

to draw back, Ov. M. 12, 132:

gladium (opp. eduxit),

Gell. 5, 9, 3:

auras naribus,

Lucr. 4, 990 al.:

furcillas hibernatum in tecta,

Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 6. — Poet.:

solem reducit,

Verg. A. 1, 143; so,

diem (Aurora),

id. G. 1, 249:

lucem (Aurora),

Ov. M. 3, 150:

noctem die labente (Phoebus),

Verg. A. 11, 914:

aestatem,

id. G. 3, 296:

hiemes,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 15:

febrim,

id. S. 2, 3, 294:

somnum (cantus),

id. C. 3, 1, 21 al.:

umbram,

to make the shadow move backwards, Vulg. 4 Reg. 20, 11.—

In partic.

Reducere aliquem domum (opp. deducere), to conduct or accompany one home, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 19:

(P. Scipio) cum senatu dimisso domum reductus ad vesperum est a patribus conscriptis,

Cic. Lael. 3, 12; cf. Liv. 4, 24; cf.:

quos Elea domum reducit Palma,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 17.—So, without domum:

in ludum (puellulam) ducere et reducere,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 36:

aliquem ad suam villam,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 1:

bene comitati per forum reducuntur,

Quint. 12, 8, 3:

quantā reduci Regulus solet turbā,

Mart. 2, 74, 2: assurgi, deduci, reduci, Cic. Sen. 18, 63.—

In milit. lang., to draw off, withdraw troops:

vastatis omnibus eorum agris Caesar exercitum reduxit,

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

legiones reduci jussit,

id. B. C. 3, 46; so,

exercitum (copias, legiones suas, etc.),

id. B. G. 6, 29; 7, 68; id. B. C. 2, 28 fin.; Liv. 5, 5; Front. Strat. 2, 3, 1; 5; 2, 5, 13 sq.:

suos incolumes,

Caes. B. G. 5, 22; Front. Strat. 1, 1, 11; 5, 13:

legiones ex Britanniā,

Caes. B. G. 4, 38:

a munitionibus,

id. ib. 7, 88:

ab oppugnatione,

id. ib. 5, 26 fin.:

in castra,

id. ib. 1, 49 fin.; 1, 50; 2, 9;

4, 34 et saep.: in hiberna,

id. ib. 6, 3:

in Treviros, etc.,

id. ib. 5, 53; 7, 9 fin.; Liv. 43, 20:

intra fossam,

Caes. B. C. 1, 42; cf.:

ab radicibus collis intra munitiones,

id. B. G. 7, 51 fin. — Absol. (like duco and educo):

instituit reducere,

to march back, Front. Strat. 1, 4, 5 and 8.—

To recall to the stage a player:

a magno Pompeio magni theatri dedicatione anus pro miraculo deducta,

Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 158.—

Trop., to bring back, restore, replace:

ad divitias,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 17:

animum aegrotum ad misericordiam,

Ter. And. 3, 3, 27:

aliquem in gratiam,

id. ib. 5, 4, 45; Cic. Clu. 36, 101:

in gratiam cum aliquo,

id. Rab. Post. 8, 19; Liv. 10, 5 fin.; Quint. 5, 11, 19; cf.: ut Caesarem et Pompeium perfidiā hominum distractos rursus in pristinam concordiam reducas, Balbus ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 1:

aliquem ad officium sanitatemque,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 40, § 98:

propinquum ad officium,

Nep. Dat. 2, 3:

judices ad justitiam,

Quint. 6, 1, 46:

legiones veterem ad morem,

Tac. A. 11, 18:

meque ipse reduco A contemplatu,

withdraw myself, Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 65:

verba paulum declinata ad veritatem,

Quint. 1, 6, 32:

judicatio est ad eum statum reducenda,

id. 7, 3, 35:

reducere in memoriam quibus rationibus unam quamque partem confirmāris,

Cic. Inv. 1, 52, 98; cf.:

in memoriam gravissimi luctūs,

Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 2:

dolorem in animum judicantium,

Quint. 11, 1, 54:

vocem in quendam sonum aequabilem,

Auct. Her. 3, 12, 21:

verborum facilitatem in altum,

Quint. 10, 7, 28:

haec benignā in sedem vice,

Hor. Epod. 13, 7 sq.:

tu spem reducis mentibus anxiis Viresque,

id. C. 3, 21, 17:

diem et convivia mente re duxit,

has recalled to mind, Sil. 8, 136:

vel instituere vel reducere ejusmodi exemplum, etc.,

to introduce again, restore, Plin. Ep. 4, 29, 3; so,

habitum vestitumque pristinum,

Suet. Aug. 40:

morem transvectionis post longam intercapedinem,

id. ib. 38. — To bring back, restore to the right path:

scire est liberum Ingenium et animum, quo vis illos tu die Redducas,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 44.—

After the Aug. period, sometimes with the idea of ducere predominating, for the usual redigere (q. v. II.).

To bring or get out, to produce a certain quantity:

LX. pondo panis e modio (milii) reducunt,

Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 54.—

To bring, make, reduce to some shape, quality, condition, etc. (rare;

usually redigere): aliquid in formam,

Ov. M. 15, 381:

faecem in summum,

to bring up, raise, Col. 12, 19, 4:

excrescentes carnes in ulceribus ad aequalitatem efficacissime reducunt (just before, redigit),

Plin. 30, 13, 39, § 113:

cicatrices ad colorem,

id. 27, 12, 82, § 106:

corpus sensim ad maciem,

id. 24, 8, 30, § 46:

ulcera ac scabiem jumentorum ad pilum,

id. 22, 22, 32, § 72.— Hence, rĕ-ductus, a, um, P. a., drawn back, withdrawn; of place, retired, remote, distant, lonely.

Lit.:

inque sinus scindit sese unda reductos,

Verg. G. 4, 420; id. A. 1, 161; so,

vallis,

id. ib. 6, 703; Hor. C. 1, 17, 17; id. Epod. 2, 11.—

Trop.:

virtus est medium vitiorum et utrimque reductum,

from either extreme, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 9.—

In painting: alia eminentiora, alia reductiora fecerunt,

less prominent, Quint. 11, 3, 46: producta et reducta (bona), a transl. of the Gr. proêgmena kai apoproêgmena of the Stoics, things to be preferred and those to be deferred, Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 90.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

spīro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [etym. dub.].

Neutr., to breathe, blow, etc. (cf. flo).

Lit.

In gen. (only poet. and in postAug. prose):

freta circum Fervescunt graviter spirantibus incita flabris,

Lucr. 6, 428; Ov. M. 7, 532:

obturatis, quā spiraturus est ventus, cavernis,

Plin. 8, 38, 58, § 138:

emicat ex oculis, spiratque e pectore flamma,

breathes forth, bursts forth, Ov. M. 8, 356:

aequatae spirant aurae,

Verg. A. 5, 844:

graviter spirantis copia thymbrae,

strongscented, Verg. G. 4, 31; cf.:

semper odoratis spirabunt floribus arae,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 211:

seu spirent cinnama surdum,

emit a slight fragrance, Pers. 6, 35:

quā vada non spirant, nec fracta remurmurat unda,

roar, rage, Verg. A. 10, 291; cf.:

fervet fretis spirantibus aequor,

boiling up, foaming, id. G. 1, 327.—

In partic., to breathe, draw breath, respire (the class. signif. of the word; cf.

anhelo): cum spirantes mixtas hinc ducimus auras,

Lucr. 6, 1129:

quae deseri a me, dum quidem spirare potero, nefas judico,

Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94:

ne spirare quidem sine metu possunt,

id. Rosc. Am. 23, 65; id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 1:

vehementer et crebro spirare,

Cels. 2, 4:

querulum spirat,

breathes plaintively, Mart. 2, 26, 1.—

Transf.

Like the Engl. to breathe, = to live, be alive (usu. in the part. pres.):

sunt qui ab eo (Clodio) spirante forum putent potuisse defendi, cujus non restiterit cadaveri curia (corresp. to vivus),

Cic. Mil. 33, 91:

ut in vivi etiam et spirantis capite bustum imponeret,

id. Dom. 52, 134; cf.:

margarita viva ac spirantia saxis avelli,

Tac. Agr. 12 fin.:

Catilina inter hostium cadavera repertus est, paululum etiam spirans,

Sall. C. 61, 4:

spirantia consulit exta,

still panting, Verg. A. 4, 64:

artus,

Luc. 3, 732:

corpora,

id. 1, 363:

non sunt ausi admovere (corpori), velut spiranti, manus,

Curt. 10, 10, 13; Sil. 2, 430; cf. in verb. finit.:

spirant venae corque adhuc paviduin salit,

Sen. Thyest. 756.—

Of aspirated letters:

quibus (litteris) nullae apud eos dulcius spirant,

sound, Quint. 12, 10, 27.—

Trop.

(Acc. to I. A. 1.) To be favorable, to favor (the fig. taken from a favorable wind):

quod si tam facilis spiraret Cynthia nobis,

Prop. 2, 24 (3, 18), 5:

di maris et terrae... spirate secundi,

Verg. A. 3, 529.—

(Acc. to I. A. 2.) To breathe, live, be alive:

videtur Laelii mens spirare etiam in scriptis, Galbae autem vis occidisse,

Cic. Brut. 24, 94; cf.:

spirat adhuc amor Vivuntque calores Aeoliae puellae,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 10.—Of life-like representations by painting, sculpture, etc.:

excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

Verg. A. 6, 847:

Parii lapidis spirantia signa,

id. G. 3, 34:

spirat et arguta picta tabella manu,

Mart. 7, 84, 2; 11, 10, 7.—

To be poetically inspired, to have the lyric spirit:

quod spiro, et placeo, si placeo, tuum est,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 24 (Orell. ad loc.).—

Spirare alte, altius, to be puffed up, proud, or arrogant, Flor. 2, 2, 27:

Eusebium alte spirantem addixere poenae,

Amm. 22, 3, 12.—

Act., to breathe out, exhale, emit (mostly poet. and post-Aug.; not in Cic.; syn. exhalo).

Lit.:

Diomedis equi spirantes naribus ignem,

Lucr. 5, 29:

flammam spirantes ore Chimaerae,

id. 2, 705; so,

flammas spirantes boves,

Liv. 22, 17:

flamina,

Ov. F. 4, 18:

Zephyros spirare secundos,

Verg. A. 4, 562:

tenuem animam,

to breathe feebly, Val. Fl. 4, 436:

ambrosiaeque comae divinum vertice odorem Spiravere,

exhaled, Verg. A. 1, 404; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 81.—

Trop., to breathe forth, exhale:

pinguia Poppaeana,

Juv. 6, 466:

mendacia,

id. 7, 111:

ut vidit vastos telluris hiatus Divinam spirare fidem (i. e. oracula),

Luc. 5, 83.—

To breathe into:

ficto Corpori animam,

Lact. 2, 11, 3.—

Transf., like the Engl. to breathe, i. e. to be full of; to show, express, manifest; to design, intend a thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): tantum spirantes aequo certamine bellum. [p. 1744] Lucr. 5, 392:

mollem spirare quietem,

Prop. 1, 3, 7:

quae spirabat amores,

Hor. C. 4, 13, 19:

inquietum hominem et tribunatum etiam nunc spirantem,

Liv. 3, 46:

fratris facta spirans,

imitating, Sil. 15, 411; cf.:

fratrem spirat in armis,

id. 3, 740:

spirantes proelia dira effigies,

id. 17, 398.— Often with neutr. adj. used adverb.:

magnum,

Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 53:

majora,

Curt. 6, 9, 11:

immane,

Verg. A. 7, 510:

tragicum satis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166; cf. id. C. 4, 3, 24:

quiddam indomitum,

Flor. 1, 22, 1:

cruenta,

Amm. 16, 1, 5.