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ecclēsĭa ( ēcclĕsĭa, Sedul. 5, 358; Venant. Carm. 3, 6, 24; and ĕclĕsĭa, Paul. Nol. Carm. 15, 117; 28, 32), ae, f., = ekklêsia, an assembly of the (Greek) people.

Prop.: et ecclesia consentiente, senate and people, in the free cities of Greece: bule et ecclesia, Plin. et Traj. Ep. 111, 1. —

Transf.

In eccl. Lat.

A religious assembly of Christians, a Christian congregation, a church (eccl. Lat.;

very freq.): die ecclesiae, etc.,

Vulg. Matt. 18, 17; id. Philem. 2; Aug. Ep. 190, 5, 19.—

The Church, the whole body of believers:

Christus dilexit ecclesiam,

Vulg. Eph. 5, 25:

Dei,

id. Phil. 3, 6; Aug. Serm. 137, 6; so,

in coelo,

Vulg. Heb. 12, 23.—

A Christian place of assembly, a church:

ut nomine ecclesiae, id est populi qui continetur, significamus locum qui continet,

Aug. Ep. 190, 5, 19; cf. also Amm. 21, 2 fin.; id. 28, 6 fin. —

An assembly, a meeting in gen., Aus. Ep. 24, 93.

ecclēsĭa ( ēcclĕsĭa, Sedul. 5, 358; Venant. Carm. 3, 6, 24; and ĕclĕsĭa, Paul. Nol. Carm. 15, 117; 28, 32), ae, f., = ekklêsia, an assembly of the (Greek) people.

Prop.: et ecclesia consentiente, senate and people, in the free cities of Greece: bule et ecclesia, Plin. et Traj. Ep. 111, 1. —

Transf.

In eccl. Lat.

A religious assembly of Christians, a Christian congregation, a church (eccl. Lat.;

very freq.): die ecclesiae, etc.,

Vulg. Matt. 18, 17; id. Philem. 2; Aug. Ep. 190, 5, 19.—

The Church, the whole body of believers:

Christus dilexit ecclesiam,

Vulg. Eph. 5, 25:

Dei,

id. Phil. 3, 6; Aug. Serm. 137, 6; so,

in coelo,

Vulg. Heb. 12, 23.—

A Christian place of assembly, a church:

ut nomine ecclesiae, id est populi qui continetur, significamus locum qui continet,

Aug. Ep. 190, 5, 19; cf. also Amm. 21, 2 fin.; id. 28, 6 fin. —

An assembly, a meeting in gen., Aus. Ep. 24, 93.

fascis, is, m. [cf. phakelos, fascia, but v fido], a bundle of wood, twigs, straw, reeds, etc.

A fagot, fascine; a packet, parcel.

In gen. (rare):

fasces stramentorum ac virgultorum,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 15, 6:

lignorum,

Tac. A. 13, 35:

magno comites in fasce libelli,

Juv. 7, 107:

tot crimina, tot reos uno velut fasce complecti,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 9.— Trop., of a crowd of people, Vulg. Isa. 24, 22.—

A burden, load:

Romanus in armis Injusto sub fasce viam cum carpit,

i. e. soldiers' baggage, Verg. G. 3, 347; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 26 Spald.:

(apes) saepe ultro animam sub fasce dedēre,

under the burden, Verg. G. 4, 204:

ego hoc te fasce levabo,

id. E. 9, 65:

venales humero fasces portare,

id. M. 80.—

In partic., in plur. fasces, a bundle carried before the highest magistrates, and consisting of rods and an axe, with which [p. 727] criminals were scourged and beheaded.

Prop.:

lictores duo, duo viminei fasces virgarum,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 26:

ut sibi (Tullo Hostilio) duodecim lictores cum fascibus anteire liceret, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 17:

anteibant lictores cum fascibus duobus,

id. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

fasces praetoribus praeferuntur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22:

Publicola statim secures de fascibus demi jussit,

id. Rep. 2, 31: tum demissi populo fasces, lowered (as a mark of respect) before the people, id. ib. 1, 40, 62; cf.:

P. Valerius fasces primus demitti jussit,

id. ib. 2, 31;

for which: (P. Valerius) summissis fascibus in contionem escendit,

Liv. 2, 7, 7; cf.

under B.: paulo ante dimissi fasces,

surrendered, Plin. Pan. 61, 7:

praecedebant incompta signa, versi fasces, at the funeral of Germanicus,

Tac. A. 3, 2 init.:

neque in litteris, neque in fascibus insignia laureae praetulit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 71, 3; cf.:

visus C. Marius cum fascibus laureatis,

Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59; so,

laureati,

id. Att. 8, 3, 5:

imperatorii,

Tac. A. 13, 9.—

Meton., a high office, esp. the consulship ( poet.):

qui petere a populo fasces saevasque secures Imbibit,

Lucr. 3, 1009:

illum non populi fasces, non purpura regum Flexit,

Verg. G. 2, 495:

ut si Detulerit fasces indigno, detrahet idem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 34; id. S. 1, 6, 97:

et titulis et fascibus olim Major habebatur donandi gloria,

Juv. 5, 110; Sil. 11, 152.—Of royalty:

diadema Quirini Et fasces meruit,

Juv. 8, 260.—

Trop., to give place, to acknowledge one's inferiority:

cum tibi aetas nostra jam cederet fascesque summitteret,

Cic. Brut. 6, 22.

fŏris, is, and more freq. in plur., fŏres, um, f. [Sanscr. dvār; Gr. thura; O. H. Germ. tor; Engl. door, etc.; cf. foras], a door, gate; in plur., the two leaves of a door (syn.: porta, janua, valvae, ostium, limen).

Lit.

Sing.:

crepuit foris,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 34; cf. id. Cas. 5, 1, 17:

foris crepuit, concrepuit,

id. Aul. 4, 5, 5; id. Cas. 2, 1, 15; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 134; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11:

constitit ad geminae limina prima foris,

Ov. H. 12, 150:

ut lictor forem virgā percuteret,

Liv. 6, 34, 6:

cum forem cubiculi clauserat,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

forem thalami claudere,

Ov. A. A. 3, 228:

forem obdere alicui,

id. P. 2, 2, 42:

exclusus fore, cum Longarenus foret intus,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 67.—

Plur.:

ex quo (Jano) fores in liminibus profanarum aedium januae nominantur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 67:

pol, haud periculum est, cardines ne foribus effringantur,

Plaut. As. 2, 3, 4 sq.; cf.:

sonitum prohibe forum et crepitum cardinum,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 1:

a nobis graviter crepuerunt fores,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 52:

ad fores assistere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

extra fores limenque carceris,

id. Tusc. 5, 28, 80:

robustae,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 2:

invisae,

id. S. 2, 3, 262:

asperae,

id. C. 3, 10, 3:

durae,

Tib. 1, 1, 56:

foribus inest clavis,

id. 1, 6, 34:

hostes incidentes semiapertis portarum foribus,

Liv. 26, 39, 22.—

Transf., the door, opening, entrance of other things:

aeneus equus, cujus in lateribus fores essent,

Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38:

nassarum,

Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 11:

apum,

id. 21, 14, 48, § 82.—

Trop.:

quasi amicitiae fores aperire,

Cic. Fam. 13, 10, 4:

artis fores apertas intrare,

Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 61:

rerum,

id. 2, 8, 6, § 31.

fŏris, adv. [abl. form (denoting both the place where and the place whence), and answering to the acc. form foras, v. foras init. ].

Out at the doors, out of doors, abroad, without (opp. intus, domi, etc.):

sinito ambulare, si foris, si intus volent,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 5: cf.:

foris pascuntur, intus opus faciunt,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 5:

ille relictus intus, exspectatus foris,

Cic. Sull. 5. 17; cf.

also: nam et intus paveo, et foris formido,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 20: aliorum intus corpus et foris lignum, ut nucum;

aliis foris corpus, intus lignum, ut prunis,

Plin. 15, 28, 34, § 112:

cum et intra vallum et foris caederentur,

Nep. Dat. 6:

domi et foris aegre quod sit, satis semper est,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 8; cf.:

ut domo sumeret, neu foris quaereret,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 6:

nec minore saevitia foris et in exteros grassatus est,

Suet. Ner. 36:

(consilium petere) foris potius quam domo,

Cic. Phil. 2, 11, 26:

te foris sapere, tibi non posse te auxiliarier,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 49:

si foris cenat,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 17; cf.:

venit ad nos Cicero tuus ad cenam, cum Pomponia foris cenaret,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6, § 19 Orell. N. cr.:

cenitare,

id. Fam. 7, 16, 2; 9, 24, 3:

extrinsecus, cum ea, quae sunt foris neque inhaerent in rei natura, colliguntur,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 163:

haec studia delectant domi, non impediunt foris,

in public life, id. Arch. 7, 16; cf.:

cum ea contentio mihi magnum etiam foris fructum tulisset,

i. e. beyond the senate, id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:

fuit ille vir cum foris clarus, tum domi admirandus, neque rebus externis magis laudandus quam institutis domesticis,

id. Phil. 2, 28, 69:

et domi dignitas et foris auctoritas retinetur,

abroad, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 136; cf.:

parvi sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi,

id. Off. 1, 22, 76; and:

otium foris, foeda domi lascivia,

Tac. A. 13, 25:

foris valde plauditur,

among the people, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8, 1:

egere, foris esse Gabinium, sine provincia stare non posse,

i. e. in the people's power, in debt, id. Pis. 6, 12.—

As prep. with acc. (late Lat.): constitutus si sit fluvius, qui foris agrum non vagatur, beyond, Auct. de Limit. p. 273 Goes.:

ut terminos foris limites ponerentur,

id. ib. —

From without, from abroad, = extrinsecus:

at, quaecumque foris veniunt, impostaque nobis Pondera sunt,

Lucr. 5, 543:

sed quod ea non parit oratoris ars, sed foris ad se delata, tamen arte tractat,

Cic. Part. 14, 48: aut sumere ex sua vi atque natura, aut assumere foris. id. de Or. 2, 39, 163; cf.:

foris assumuntur ea, quae non sua vi sed extranea sublevantur,

id. ib. 2, 40, 173; id. Inv. 1, 11, 15; 2, 24, 71:

auxilium non petendum est foris,

id. Tusc. 3, 3, [p. 768] 6:

ut in ipsa (arte) insit, non foris petatur extremum,

id. Fin. 3, 7, 24.—

Strengthened by ab:

quoniam in ulcus penetrat omnis a foris injuria,

Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 227.

fŏris, is, and more freq. in plur., fŏres, um, f. [Sanscr. dvār; Gr. thura; O. H. Germ. tor; Engl. door, etc.; cf. foras], a door, gate; in plur., the two leaves of a door (syn.: porta, janua, valvae, ostium, limen).

Lit.

Sing.:

crepuit foris,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 34; cf. id. Cas. 5, 1, 17:

foris crepuit, concrepuit,

id. Aul. 4, 5, 5; id. Cas. 2, 1, 15; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 134; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11:

constitit ad geminae limina prima foris,

Ov. H. 12, 150:

ut lictor forem virgā percuteret,

Liv. 6, 34, 6:

cum forem cubiculi clauserat,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

forem thalami claudere,

Ov. A. A. 3, 228:

forem obdere alicui,

id. P. 2, 2, 42:

exclusus fore, cum Longarenus foret intus,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 67.—

Plur.:

ex quo (Jano) fores in liminibus profanarum aedium januae nominantur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 67:

pol, haud periculum est, cardines ne foribus effringantur,

Plaut. As. 2, 3, 4 sq.; cf.:

sonitum prohibe forum et crepitum cardinum,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 1:

a nobis graviter crepuerunt fores,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 52:

ad fores assistere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

extra fores limenque carceris,

id. Tusc. 5, 28, 80:

robustae,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 2:

invisae,

id. S. 2, 3, 262:

asperae,

id. C. 3, 10, 3:

durae,

Tib. 1, 1, 56:

foribus inest clavis,

id. 1, 6, 34:

hostes incidentes semiapertis portarum foribus,

Liv. 26, 39, 22.—

Transf., the door, opening, entrance of other things:

aeneus equus, cujus in lateribus fores essent,

Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38:

nassarum,

Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 11:

apum,

id. 21, 14, 48, § 82.—

Trop.:

quasi amicitiae fores aperire,

Cic. Fam. 13, 10, 4:

artis fores apertas intrare,

Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 61:

rerum,

id. 2, 8, 6, § 31.

fŏris, adv. [abl. form (denoting both the place where and the place whence), and answering to the acc. form foras, v. foras init. ].

Out at the doors, out of doors, abroad, without (opp. intus, domi, etc.):

sinito ambulare, si foris, si intus volent,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 5: cf.:

foris pascuntur, intus opus faciunt,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 5:

ille relictus intus, exspectatus foris,

Cic. Sull. 5. 17; cf.

also: nam et intus paveo, et foris formido,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 20: aliorum intus corpus et foris lignum, ut nucum;

aliis foris corpus, intus lignum, ut prunis,

Plin. 15, 28, 34, § 112:

cum et intra vallum et foris caederentur,

Nep. Dat. 6:

domi et foris aegre quod sit, satis semper est,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 8; cf.:

ut domo sumeret, neu foris quaereret,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 6:

nec minore saevitia foris et in exteros grassatus est,

Suet. Ner. 36:

(consilium petere) foris potius quam domo,

Cic. Phil. 2, 11, 26:

te foris sapere, tibi non posse te auxiliarier,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 49:

si foris cenat,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 17; cf.:

venit ad nos Cicero tuus ad cenam, cum Pomponia foris cenaret,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6, § 19 Orell. N. cr.:

cenitare,

id. Fam. 7, 16, 2; 9, 24, 3:

extrinsecus, cum ea, quae sunt foris neque inhaerent in rei natura, colliguntur,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 163:

haec studia delectant domi, non impediunt foris,

in public life, id. Arch. 7, 16; cf.:

cum ea contentio mihi magnum etiam foris fructum tulisset,

i. e. beyond the senate, id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:

fuit ille vir cum foris clarus, tum domi admirandus, neque rebus externis magis laudandus quam institutis domesticis,

id. Phil. 2, 28, 69:

et domi dignitas et foris auctoritas retinetur,

abroad, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 136; cf.:

parvi sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi,

id. Off. 1, 22, 76; and:

otium foris, foeda domi lascivia,

Tac. A. 13, 25:

foris valde plauditur,

among the people, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8, 1:

egere, foris esse Gabinium, sine provincia stare non posse,

i. e. in the people's power, in debt, id. Pis. 6, 12.—

As prep. with acc. (late Lat.): constitutus si sit fluvius, qui foris agrum non vagatur, beyond, Auct. de Limit. p. 273 Goes.:

ut terminos foris limites ponerentur,

id. ib. —

From without, from abroad, = extrinsecus:

at, quaecumque foris veniunt, impostaque nobis Pondera sunt,

Lucr. 5, 543:

sed quod ea non parit oratoris ars, sed foris ad se delata, tamen arte tractat,

Cic. Part. 14, 48: aut sumere ex sua vi atque natura, aut assumere foris. id. de Or. 2, 39, 163; cf.:

foris assumuntur ea, quae non sua vi sed extranea sublevantur,

id. ib. 2, 40, 173; id. Inv. 1, 11, 15; 2, 24, 71:

auxilium non petendum est foris,

id. Tusc. 3, 3, [p. 768] 6:

ut in ipsa (arte) insit, non foris petatur extremum,

id. Fin. 3, 7, 24.—

Strengthened by ab:

quoniam in ulcus penetrat omnis a foris injuria,

Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 227.

Histri (less correctly Istri), ōrum, m., the people of Istria, Istrians, a barbarous Illyrian tribe subdued by the Romans B. C. 177:

principes Histrorum,

Liv. 41, 11; Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129:

Histrorum gentem originem a Colchis ducere,

Just. 32, 3, 13:

per Histros Hister emittitur,

Mel. 2, 3 fin. —Hence, Histria ( Istria), ae, f., a country on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea, extending from Trieste to the Sinus Flanaticus:

Histria ut peninsula excurrit,

Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129; Liv. 39, 55.—Derivv.

Histriāni ( Ist-), ōrum, m., the people of Istria, Just. 9, 2, 1.—

Histrĭ-cus ( Ist-), a, um, adj., Istrian, of Istria:

bellum,

Liv. 39, 55; 41, 1; 11:

ostrea,

Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 62.—

Histrus, a, um, adj., Istrian:

testa,

Mart. 12, 64, 2.

Histri (less correctly Istri), ōrum, m., the people of Istria, Istrians, a barbarous Illyrian tribe subdued by the Romans B. C. 177:

principes Histrorum,

Liv. 41, 11; Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129:

Histrorum gentem originem a Colchis ducere,

Just. 32, 3, 13:

per Histros Hister emittitur,

Mel. 2, 3 fin. —Hence, Histria ( Istria), ae, f., a country on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea, extending from Trieste to the Sinus Flanaticus:

Histria ut peninsula excurrit,

Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129; Liv. 39, 55.—Derivv.

Histriāni ( Ist-), ōrum, m., the people of Istria, Just. 9, 2, 1.—

Histrĭ-cus ( Ist-), a, um, adj., Istrian, of Istria:

bellum,

Liv. 39, 55; 41, 1; 11:

ostrea,

Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 62.—

Histrus, a, um, adj., Istrian:

testa,

Mart. 12, 64, 2.

Histri (less correctly Istri), ōrum, m., the people of Istria, Istrians, a barbarous Illyrian tribe subdued by the Romans B. C. 177:

principes Histrorum,

Liv. 41, 11; Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129:

Histrorum gentem originem a Colchis ducere,

Just. 32, 3, 13:

per Histros Hister emittitur,

Mel. 2, 3 fin. —Hence, Histria ( Istria), ae, f., a country on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea, extending from Trieste to the Sinus Flanaticus:

Histria ut peninsula excurrit,

Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129; Liv. 39, 55.—Derivv.

Histriāni ( Ist-), ōrum, m., the people of Istria, Just. 9, 2, 1.—

Histrĭ-cus ( Ist-), a, um, adj., Istrian, of Istria:

bellum,

Liv. 39, 55; 41, 1; 11:

ostrea,

Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 62.—

Histrus, a, um, adj., Istrian:

testa,

Mart. 12, 64, 2.

Histri (less correctly Istri), ōrum, m., the people of Istria, Istrians, a barbarous Illyrian tribe subdued by the Romans B. C. 177:

principes Histrorum,

Liv. 41, 11; Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129:

Histrorum gentem originem a Colchis ducere,

Just. 32, 3, 13:

per Histros Hister emittitur,

Mel. 2, 3 fin. —Hence, Histria ( Istria), ae, f., a country on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea, extending from Trieste to the Sinus Flanaticus:

Histria ut peninsula excurrit,

Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129; Liv. 39, 55.—Derivv.

Histriāni ( Ist-), ōrum, m., the people of Istria, Just. 9, 2, 1.—

Histrĭ-cus ( Ist-), a, um, adj., Istrian, of Istria:

bellum,

Liv. 39, 55; 41, 1; 11:

ostrea,

Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 62.—

Histrus, a, um, adj., Istrian:

testa,

Mart. 12, 64, 2.

Histri (less correctly Istri), ōrum, m., the people of Istria, Istrians, a barbarous Illyrian tribe subdued by the Romans B. C. 177:

principes Histrorum,

Liv. 41, 11; Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129:

Histrorum gentem originem a Colchis ducere,

Just. 32, 3, 13:

per Histros Hister emittitur,

Mel. 2, 3 fin. —Hence, Histria ( Istria), ae, f., a country on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea, extending from Trieste to the Sinus Flanaticus:

Histria ut peninsula excurrit,

Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129; Liv. 39, 55.—Derivv.

Histriāni ( Ist-), ōrum, m., the people of Istria, Just. 9, 2, 1.—

Histrĭ-cus ( Ist-), a, um, adj., Istrian, of Istria:

bellum,

Liv. 39, 55; 41, 1; 11:

ostrea,

Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 62.—

Histrus, a, um, adj., Istrian:

testa,

Mart. 12, 64, 2.

Histri (less correctly Istri), ōrum, m., the people of Istria, Istrians, a barbarous Illyrian tribe subdued by the Romans B. C. 177:

principes Histrorum,

Liv. 41, 11; Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129:

Histrorum gentem originem a Colchis ducere,

Just. 32, 3, 13:

per Histros Hister emittitur,

Mel. 2, 3 fin. —Hence, Histria ( Istria), ae, f., a country on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea, extending from Trieste to the Sinus Flanaticus:

Histria ut peninsula excurrit,

Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129; Liv. 39, 55.—Derivv.

Histriāni ( Ist-), ōrum, m., the people of Istria, Just. 9, 2, 1.—

Histrĭ-cus ( Ist-), a, um, adj., Istrian, of Istria:

bellum,

Liv. 39, 55; 41, 1; 11:

ostrea,

Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 62.—

Histrus, a, um, adj., Istrian:

testa,

Mart. 12, 64, 2.

Histri (less correctly Istri), ōrum, m., the people of Istria, Istrians, a barbarous Illyrian tribe subdued by the Romans B. C. 177:

principes Histrorum,

Liv. 41, 11; Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129:

Histrorum gentem originem a Colchis ducere,

Just. 32, 3, 13:

per Histros Hister emittitur,

Mel. 2, 3 fin. —Hence, Histria ( Istria), ae, f., a country on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea, extending from Trieste to the Sinus Flanaticus:

Histria ut peninsula excurrit,

Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129; Liv. 39, 55.—Derivv.

Histriāni ( Ist-), ōrum, m., the people of Istria, Just. 9, 2, 1.—

Histrĭ-cus ( Ist-), a, um, adj., Istrian, of Istria:

bellum,

Liv. 39, 55; 41, 1; 11:

ostrea,

Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 62.—

Histrus, a, um, adj., Istrian:

testa,

Mart. 12, 64, 2.

Histri (less correctly Istri), ōrum, m., the people of Istria, Istrians, a barbarous Illyrian tribe subdued by the Romans B. C. 177:

principes Histrorum,

Liv. 41, 11; Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129:

Histrorum gentem originem a Colchis ducere,

Just. 32, 3, 13:

per Histros Hister emittitur,

Mel. 2, 3 fin. —Hence, Histria ( Istria), ae, f., a country on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea, extending from Trieste to the Sinus Flanaticus:

Histria ut peninsula excurrit,

Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129; Liv. 39, 55.—Derivv.

Histriāni ( Ist-), ōrum, m., the people of Istria, Just. 9, 2, 1.—

Histrĭ-cus ( Ist-), a, um, adj., Istrian, of Istria:

bellum,

Liv. 39, 55; 41, 1; 11:

ostrea,

Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 62.—

Histrus, a, um, adj., Istrian:

testa,

Mart. 12, 64, 2.

jŭbĕo, jussi, jussum (jusso for jussero, Verg. A. 11, 467; Sil. 12, 175:

justi for jussisti,

Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 15.— Inf.:

jusse,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 48:

jussitur for jubetur,

Cato, R. R. 14), 2, v. a. [perh. = jus habere, to regard as right, hence], to order one to do something, to bid, tell, command (syn.: mando, impero, praecipio).

In gen.:

jubesne? jubeo, cogo atque impero,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 97:

ut justi (jussisti),

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 85:

defessa jubendo, est saeva Jovis conjux,

Ov. M. 9, 198:

sic jubeo, stat pro ratione voluntas,

Juv. 6, 223.

With an objectclause:

jubeto, istos foras exire,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 16:

hae me litterae Dolabellae jubent ad pristinas cogitationes reverti,

Cic. Att. 9, 13, 2:

Perdicca pueros equos jussit conscendere,

Curt. 10, 8, 4:

eos suum adventum exspectare jussit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 27 so with pass.:

deos iratos Tarentinis relinqui jussit,

Liv. 27, 16, 8.—

With ut or ne:

jubet sententiam ut dicat suam,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 50:

jubere ut haec quoque referret, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 28; Liv. 28, 36, 2; Curt. 8, 5, 38; 5, 13, 19; Suet. Tib. 22:

jussitque ut quae venissent naves Euboeam peterent,

Liv. 32, 16; Hor. S. 1, 4, 121.—

Esp. of decrees of the people: senatus decrevit populusque jussit, ut, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 67, § 161; id. Pis. 29, 72; id. Dom. 17, 44; Gell. 5, 19 (cf. II. B. infra):

quod ne fieret, consules jusserunt,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 52. —

With subj. alone (ante-class. and postAug., Madv. Gr. §

390): jube, mihi denuo respondeat,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 24; Liv. 30, 19, 2; 24, 10, 4; cf. esp. Ter. Eun. 3, 27, 3 sq. Weissenb.;

28, 36, 2: rescribat multa jubeto,

Ov. Am. 1, 11, 19; id. M. 8, 795: 11, 588 al.—

With dat. pers.:

qui scribae... deos iratos Tarentinis relinqui jussit,

Liv. 27, 16, 8:

Hercules sacrorum custodibus jussit, ne mulierem interesse permitterent,

Macr. S. 1, 12, 28:

quibus jusserat, ut instantibus resisterent,

Tac. A. 13, 40:

Britannico jussit, exsurgeret,

id. ib. 13, 15:

suis rex cultu feminarum abstinere jussit,

Curt. 5, 6, 8.—

With acc. pers. vel rei:

jube famulos, rem divinam mihi apparent,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 71:

litterae non quae te aliquid juberent, sed, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 26:

sed tu jussisses Eurysthea,

Mart. 9, 66, 7:

neque jubere caedem fratris palam audebat,

Tac. A. 13, 15:

Nero jussit scelera,

id. Agr. 45.—

With acc. rei and dat. pers.:

tributum iis Drusus jusserat modicum,

imposed, Tac. A. 4, 72; cf.

II. B. 2. infra: pacem jubebo Omnibus,

Stat. Th. 7, 32.—

Pass.:

quod jussi sunt faciunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 6:

consules jubentur scribere exercitum,

Liv. 3, 30:

opto ut ea potissimum jubear, quae, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 9, 26:

Germanos non juberi, non regi,

Tac. H. 4, 76:

jussi sunt aegri deferri,

Suet. Tib. 11; cf.:

locus lautiaque legatis praeberi jussa,

Liv. 28, 39, 19.—

In partic.

To wish, desire, entreat, bid:

jubeto habere bonum animum,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 2:

sperare nos amici jubent,

Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 2: valde jubeo gaudere te, id. ib. 7, 2, 3:

Caesar te sine cura esse jussit,

id. Att. 12, 6, 3:

Dionysium jube salvere,

salute him for me, id. ib. 4, 14. —So ellipt.:

jubeo Chremetem,

Ter. And. 3, 3, 1.—

In polit. lang.

To order, decree, ratify, approve the introduction of a proposed law:

quae scisceret plebs aut quae populus juberet,

Cic. Flac. 7, 15; Sall. J. 40, 3:

legem populus Romanus jussit de civitate tribuenda,

Cic. Balb. 17, 38:

dicere apud populum de legibus jubendis aut vetandis,

id. de Or. 1, 14, 60.— Absol. with de:

de omnibus his—populum jussisse,

Liv. 38, 45.—

To designate, appoint, assign:

Tullum Hostilium regem populus jussit,

Liv. 1, 22, 1 Weissenb.:

id modo excepere ne postea eosdem tribunos juberent,

id. 3, 30:

quem vos imperatorem jussistis,

Sall. J. 85, 11:

postquam ei provinciam Numidiam populus jussit,

allotted, id. ib. 84, 1.—

Hence the formula, Velitis, jubeatis, with which the magistrates called upon the people to confirm any thing proposed to them:

rogationem promulgavit: vellent, juberent Philippo regi bellum indici,

Liv. 31, 6.—

Med. t. t., to prescribe, order:

quod jussi ei dari bibere, date,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 4; Petr. 56, 3:

aegrotus, qui jussus sit vinum sumere,

Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 78.—

Transf.:

qui modo, si volucres habuissem regna jubentes, In populo potui maximus esse meo,

Ov. F. 5, 461.

Lătĭum, ii, n. [2. lătus; Sanscr. root prath-, to spread or widen; cf. Lat. later, etc.; prop., the plains or flat-land;

by the ancients referred to latēre, because here Saturnus lay concealed from his son,

Ov. F. 1, 238; Verg. A. 8, 322; Arn. 4, 143; Lact. 1, 13;

or to Latinus,

the name of the mythical king, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.], a country of Italy, in which Rome was situated, now Campagna di Roma, and a part of the Terra di Lavoro, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 54; Enn. ap. Acro. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 455); Cic. Rep. 2, 24, 44; Liv. 6, 21; 8, 13; Hor. C. 1, 12, 53; 1, 35, 10; id. C. S. 66; Mel. 3, 4, 2; consisting of two parts:

Latium vetus,

Tac. A. 4, 5;

or antiquum,

Verg. A. 7, 38; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56; which was the original territory governed by Rome before the subjugation of the Æqui and Volsci, and:

Latium novum, or adjectum,

originally the territory of the Æqui, Volsci, Hernici, and Aurunci, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59.—

Jus Latii, the political rights and privileges which belonged originally to the Latins, but were afterwards granted by the Romans to other people; this jus comprehended less than civitas Romana, but more than peregrinitas (cf. latinitas and Latini):

eodem anno Caesar nationes Alpium maritimarum in jus Latii transtulit,

Tac. A. 15, 32. —Also called Latium alone: aut majus est Latium aut minus; majus est Latium, cum et hi, qui decuriones leguntur, et ei qui honorem aliquem aut magistratum gerunt, civitatem Romanam consecuntur;

minus Latium est, cum hi tantum, qui vel magistratum vel honorem gerunt, ad civitatem Romanam perveniunt,

Gai. Inst. 1, 96; cf.:

Latium externis dilargiri,

Tac. H. 3, 55:

Latio dato,

Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 20:

Latio donata oppida,

id. 3, 1, 3, § 7.—

Hence,

Lătĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latian, Latin ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

agri,

the Latin territory, Ov. F. 2, 553; 3, 606; 5, 91:

gens,

id. ib. 4, 42; id. M. 14, 832:

lingua,

id. P. 2, 3, 75: palmes, vines growing in Latium, id. F. 4, 894:

boves,

Col. 6, 1, 2. — Poet., for Roman:

turba,

the Roman people, Ov. F. 1, 639:

parentes,

id. ib. 3, 243; cf.

matres,

id. ib. 4, 133:

annus,

the Roman year, id. ib. 1, 1:

vulnera,

of Roman soldiers, id. A. A. 1, 414.—

Lătīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latin.

Adj.: populi, the Latins, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll. (Ann. v. 24 Vahl.); cf.

genus,

the Latins, Romans, Verg. A. 1, 6:

lingua,

the Latin language, Varr. L. L. 5, § 1 Müll.; cf.

opp. Graeca,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

poëtae, opp. Graeci,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 10: via, beginning at the Porta Latina, near the Porta Capena, id. Clu. 59, 163; Liv. 2, 39; 10, 36 al.:

dies,

the days of the Roman calendar, the Roman year, Ov. F. 3, 177: feriae, the festival of the allied Latins, which was celebrated especially by offerings to Juppiter Latiaris on Mons Albanus, Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 1, 6, 15; Liv. 21, 63; 22, 1; more freq. absol.; v. in the foll. 2.: coloniae, which possessed the jus Latii, Cic. Caecin. 33 fin.; Suet. Caes. 8: nomen, Latin citizenship, also called jus Latii and Latinitas, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 31; 3, 29, 41; Sall. J. 39, 2 (v. socius): casus, i. e. the ablative, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 277 P.:

tragici veteres,

Quint. 1, 8, 8:

esse illud Latinum (verbum),

Suet. Gram. 22.— Comp.: nihil Latinius legi, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. 2, 6 Mai.; cf.:

nihil Latinius tuis voluminibus,

Hier. Ep. 58, 9.— Sup.:

homo Latinissimus,

Hier. Ep. 50, 2.— Adv.: Lătīnē, in Latin:

Graece haec vocatur emporos: eadem Latine mercator,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 5; id. Cas. prol. 34:

Cumanis petentibus, ut publice Latine loquerentur, et praeconibus Latine vendendi jus esset,

in the Latin tongue, Liv. 40, 42 fin.:

scire,

to understand Latin, Cic. Caecin. 19, 55:

num Latine scit?

id. Phil. 5, 5, 13:

non enim tam praeclarum est scire Latine, quam turpe nescire,

id. Brut. 37, 140:

nescire,

Juv. 6, 188: reddere, to translate into Latin, Cic. de Or, 1, 34, 153; cf.

docere,

Plin. Ep. 7, 4, 9.—In partic.: Latine loqui, to speak with propriety or elegance:

Latine et diligenter loqui,

Cic. Brut. 45, 166; cf.:

ut pure et emendate loquentes, quod est Latine,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 2, 4:

pure et Latine loqui,

id. de Or. 1, 32, 144.—Sometimes, also, like our to talk plain English, for, to speak out, to speak plainly or openly (syn. Romano more loqui):

(gladiator), ut appellant ii, qui plane et Latine loquuntur,

Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 17:

Latine me scitote, non accusatorie loqui,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 2:

poscere,

Juv. 11, 148:

formare,

to compose in Latin, Suet. Aug. 89: componere, id. Gram. init.—Comp.: Latinius, in better Latin (late Lat.), Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 3, 6; Hier. in Isa. 8, 10.—

Subst.

Lătīni, ōrum, m.

The inhabitants of Latium, Latins, Liv. 1, 2 sq.; 1, 32 sq.; 2, 19 sq.; Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; 3, 31, 112; Verg. A. 7, 367; Juv. 6, 44. —

Those who possessed the Latin rights of citizenship (jus Latii, Latinitas);

freq. in the connection, socii et Latini,

Cic. Balb. 8, 21; id. Sest. 13, 30; id. Lael. 3, 12 (v. socius).—

Latini Juniani, freedmen whose liberty was secured by the operation of the lex Junia Norbana (772 A. U. C.), Gai. Inst. 3, § 56.—

Lătīnae, ārum, f. (sc. feriae), the festival of the allied Latins, the Latin holidays, Liv. 5, 17; 19; Cic. Att. 1, 3; id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2 fin.; id. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18.—

Lătīnum, i, n., Latin, the Latin language:

licet in Latinum illa convertere,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, 29:

in Latinum vertore,

Quint. 1, 5, 2.—

Lătīnĭensis, e, adj., Latin:

populi,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 69: ager, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 10, 20.— In plur absol.: Lătīnĭenses, ĭum, m., the Latins, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 28, 62.—

Lătĭālis, and euphon. collat. form Lătĭāris, e (also Lătĭar, v. infra), adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latin.

Form Latialis:

populus,

the Latins, Romans, Ov. M. 15, 481:

sermo,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7:

Juppiter,

Luc. 1, 198;

hence, also, caput,

a statue of Jupiter, id. 1, 535.— Lătĭālĭter, adv., in the Latin manner (post - class.):

peplo circa umeros involuto Latialiter tegebatur,

Mart. Cap. 5 init.:

nihil effari,

id. 6, § 587:

te Latialiter sonantem,

Sid. Carm. 23, 235 (al. Latiariter).—

Form Latiaris: Latiaris sancte Juppiter (Juppiter Latiaris was the guardian deity of the Latin confederacy, to whom the feriae Latinae were consecrated), Cic. Mil. 31, 85:

Juppiter,

Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 43 Sillig. N. cr.:

collis,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.:

doctrina Latiaris,

Macr. S. 1, 2.— Adv.: Lătĭārĭter, v. in the preced. 1.—

Hence, subst.: Lătĭar, āris, n., the festival of Jupiter Latiaris:

confectum erat Latiar,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2; cf. Macr. S. 1, 16, 16.

Lătĭum, ii, n. [2. lătus; Sanscr. root prath-, to spread or widen; cf. Lat. later, etc.; prop., the plains or flat-land;

by the ancients referred to latēre, because here Saturnus lay concealed from his son,

Ov. F. 1, 238; Verg. A. 8, 322; Arn. 4, 143; Lact. 1, 13;

or to Latinus,

the name of the mythical king, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.], a country of Italy, in which Rome was situated, now Campagna di Roma, and a part of the Terra di Lavoro, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 54; Enn. ap. Acro. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 455); Cic. Rep. 2, 24, 44; Liv. 6, 21; 8, 13; Hor. C. 1, 12, 53; 1, 35, 10; id. C. S. 66; Mel. 3, 4, 2; consisting of two parts:

Latium vetus,

Tac. A. 4, 5;

or antiquum,

Verg. A. 7, 38; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56; which was the original territory governed by Rome before the subjugation of the Æqui and Volsci, and:

Latium novum, or adjectum,

originally the territory of the Æqui, Volsci, Hernici, and Aurunci, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59.—

Jus Latii, the political rights and privileges which belonged originally to the Latins, but were afterwards granted by the Romans to other people; this jus comprehended less than civitas Romana, but more than peregrinitas (cf. latinitas and Latini):

eodem anno Caesar nationes Alpium maritimarum in jus Latii transtulit,

Tac. A. 15, 32. —Also called Latium alone: aut majus est Latium aut minus; majus est Latium, cum et hi, qui decuriones leguntur, et ei qui honorem aliquem aut magistratum gerunt, civitatem Romanam consecuntur;

minus Latium est, cum hi tantum, qui vel magistratum vel honorem gerunt, ad civitatem Romanam perveniunt,

Gai. Inst. 1, 96; cf.:

Latium externis dilargiri,

Tac. H. 3, 55:

Latio dato,

Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 20:

Latio donata oppida,

id. 3, 1, 3, § 7.—

Hence,

Lătĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latian, Latin ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

agri,

the Latin territory, Ov. F. 2, 553; 3, 606; 5, 91:

gens,

id. ib. 4, 42; id. M. 14, 832:

lingua,

id. P. 2, 3, 75: palmes, vines growing in Latium, id. F. 4, 894:

boves,

Col. 6, 1, 2. — Poet., for Roman:

turba,

the Roman people, Ov. F. 1, 639:

parentes,

id. ib. 3, 243; cf.

matres,

id. ib. 4, 133:

annus,

the Roman year, id. ib. 1, 1:

vulnera,

of Roman soldiers, id. A. A. 1, 414.—

Lătīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latin.

Adj.: populi, the Latins, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll. (Ann. v. 24 Vahl.); cf.

genus,

the Latins, Romans, Verg. A. 1, 6:

lingua,

the Latin language, Varr. L. L. 5, § 1 Müll.; cf.

opp. Graeca,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

poëtae, opp. Graeci,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 10: via, beginning at the Porta Latina, near the Porta Capena, id. Clu. 59, 163; Liv. 2, 39; 10, 36 al.:

dies,

the days of the Roman calendar, the Roman year, Ov. F. 3, 177: feriae, the festival of the allied Latins, which was celebrated especially by offerings to Juppiter Latiaris on Mons Albanus, Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 1, 6, 15; Liv. 21, 63; 22, 1; more freq. absol.; v. in the foll. 2.: coloniae, which possessed the jus Latii, Cic. Caecin. 33 fin.; Suet. Caes. 8: nomen, Latin citizenship, also called jus Latii and Latinitas, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 31; 3, 29, 41; Sall. J. 39, 2 (v. socius): casus, i. e. the ablative, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 277 P.:

tragici veteres,

Quint. 1, 8, 8:

esse illud Latinum (verbum),

Suet. Gram. 22.— Comp.: nihil Latinius legi, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. 2, 6 Mai.; cf.:

nihil Latinius tuis voluminibus,

Hier. Ep. 58, 9.— Sup.:

homo Latinissimus,

Hier. Ep. 50, 2.— Adv.: Lătīnē, in Latin:

Graece haec vocatur emporos: eadem Latine mercator,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 5; id. Cas. prol. 34:

Cumanis petentibus, ut publice Latine loquerentur, et praeconibus Latine vendendi jus esset,

in the Latin tongue, Liv. 40, 42 fin.:

scire,

to understand Latin, Cic. Caecin. 19, 55:

num Latine scit?

id. Phil. 5, 5, 13:

non enim tam praeclarum est scire Latine, quam turpe nescire,

id. Brut. 37, 140:

nescire,

Juv. 6, 188: reddere, to translate into Latin, Cic. de Or, 1, 34, 153; cf.

docere,

Plin. Ep. 7, 4, 9.—In partic.: Latine loqui, to speak with propriety or elegance:

Latine et diligenter loqui,

Cic. Brut. 45, 166; cf.:

ut pure et emendate loquentes, quod est Latine,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 2, 4:

pure et Latine loqui,

id. de Or. 1, 32, 144.—Sometimes, also, like our to talk plain English, for, to speak out, to speak plainly or openly (syn. Romano more loqui):

(gladiator), ut appellant ii, qui plane et Latine loquuntur,

Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 17:

Latine me scitote, non accusatorie loqui,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 2:

poscere,

Juv. 11, 148:

formare,

to compose in Latin, Suet. Aug. 89: componere, id. Gram. init.—Comp.: Latinius, in better Latin (late Lat.), Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 3, 6; Hier. in Isa. 8, 10.—

Subst.

Lătīni, ōrum, m.

The inhabitants of Latium, Latins, Liv. 1, 2 sq.; 1, 32 sq.; 2, 19 sq.; Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; 3, 31, 112; Verg. A. 7, 367; Juv. 6, 44. —

Those who possessed the Latin rights of citizenship (jus Latii, Latinitas);

freq. in the connection, socii et Latini,

Cic. Balb. 8, 21; id. Sest. 13, 30; id. Lael. 3, 12 (v. socius).—

Latini Juniani, freedmen whose liberty was secured by the operation of the lex Junia Norbana (772 A. U. C.), Gai. Inst. 3, § 56.—

Lătīnae, ārum, f. (sc. feriae), the festival of the allied Latins, the Latin holidays, Liv. 5, 17; 19; Cic. Att. 1, 3; id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2 fin.; id. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18.—

Lătīnum, i, n., Latin, the Latin language:

licet in Latinum illa convertere,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, 29:

in Latinum vertore,

Quint. 1, 5, 2.—

Lătīnĭensis, e, adj., Latin:

populi,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 69: ager, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 10, 20.— In plur absol.: Lătīnĭenses, ĭum, m., the Latins, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 28, 62.—

Lătĭālis, and euphon. collat. form Lătĭāris, e (also Lătĭar, v. infra), adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latin.

Form Latialis:

populus,

the Latins, Romans, Ov. M. 15, 481:

sermo,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7:

Juppiter,

Luc. 1, 198;

hence, also, caput,

a statue of Jupiter, id. 1, 535.— Lătĭālĭter, adv., in the Latin manner (post - class.):

peplo circa umeros involuto Latialiter tegebatur,

Mart. Cap. 5 init.:

nihil effari,

id. 6, § 587:

te Latialiter sonantem,

Sid. Carm. 23, 235 (al. Latiariter).—

Form Latiaris: Latiaris sancte Juppiter (Juppiter Latiaris was the guardian deity of the Latin confederacy, to whom the feriae Latinae were consecrated), Cic. Mil. 31, 85:

Juppiter,

Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 43 Sillig. N. cr.:

collis,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.:

doctrina Latiaris,

Macr. S. 1, 2.— Adv.: Lătĭārĭter, v. in the preced. 1.—

Hence, subst.: Lătĭar, āris, n., the festival of Jupiter Latiaris:

confectum erat Latiar,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2; cf. Macr. S. 1, 16, 16.

Lătĭum, ii, n. [2. lătus; Sanscr. root prath-, to spread or widen; cf. Lat. later, etc.; prop., the plains or flat-land;

by the ancients referred to latēre, because here Saturnus lay concealed from his son,

Ov. F. 1, 238; Verg. A. 8, 322; Arn. 4, 143; Lact. 1, 13;

or to Latinus,

the name of the mythical king, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.], a country of Italy, in which Rome was situated, now Campagna di Roma, and a part of the Terra di Lavoro, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 54; Enn. ap. Acro. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 455); Cic. Rep. 2, 24, 44; Liv. 6, 21; 8, 13; Hor. C. 1, 12, 53; 1, 35, 10; id. C. S. 66; Mel. 3, 4, 2; consisting of two parts:

Latium vetus,

Tac. A. 4, 5;

or antiquum,

Verg. A. 7, 38; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56; which was the original territory governed by Rome before the subjugation of the Æqui and Volsci, and:

Latium novum, or adjectum,

originally the territory of the Æqui, Volsci, Hernici, and Aurunci, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59.—

Jus Latii, the political rights and privileges which belonged originally to the Latins, but were afterwards granted by the Romans to other people; this jus comprehended less than civitas Romana, but more than peregrinitas (cf. latinitas and Latini):

eodem anno Caesar nationes Alpium maritimarum in jus Latii transtulit,

Tac. A. 15, 32. —Also called Latium alone: aut majus est Latium aut minus; majus est Latium, cum et hi, qui decuriones leguntur, et ei qui honorem aliquem aut magistratum gerunt, civitatem Romanam consecuntur;

minus Latium est, cum hi tantum, qui vel magistratum vel honorem gerunt, ad civitatem Romanam perveniunt,

Gai. Inst. 1, 96; cf.:

Latium externis dilargiri,

Tac. H. 3, 55:

Latio dato,

Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 20:

Latio donata oppida,

id. 3, 1, 3, § 7.—

Hence,

Lătĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latian, Latin ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

agri,

the Latin territory, Ov. F. 2, 553; 3, 606; 5, 91:

gens,

id. ib. 4, 42; id. M. 14, 832:

lingua,

id. P. 2, 3, 75: palmes, vines growing in Latium, id. F. 4, 894:

boves,

Col. 6, 1, 2. — Poet., for Roman:

turba,

the Roman people, Ov. F. 1, 639:

parentes,

id. ib. 3, 243; cf.

matres,

id. ib. 4, 133:

annus,

the Roman year, id. ib. 1, 1:

vulnera,

of Roman soldiers, id. A. A. 1, 414.—

Lătīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latin.

Adj.: populi, the Latins, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll. (Ann. v. 24 Vahl.); cf.

genus,

the Latins, Romans, Verg. A. 1, 6:

lingua,

the Latin language, Varr. L. L. 5, § 1 Müll.; cf.

opp. Graeca,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

poëtae, opp. Graeci,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 10: via, beginning at the Porta Latina, near the Porta Capena, id. Clu. 59, 163; Liv. 2, 39; 10, 36 al.:

dies,

the days of the Roman calendar, the Roman year, Ov. F. 3, 177: feriae, the festival of the allied Latins, which was celebrated especially by offerings to Juppiter Latiaris on Mons Albanus, Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 1, 6, 15; Liv. 21, 63; 22, 1; more freq. absol.; v. in the foll. 2.: coloniae, which possessed the jus Latii, Cic. Caecin. 33 fin.; Suet. Caes. 8: nomen, Latin citizenship, also called jus Latii and Latinitas, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 31; 3, 29, 41; Sall. J. 39, 2 (v. socius): casus, i. e. the ablative, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 277 P.:

tragici veteres,

Quint. 1, 8, 8:

esse illud Latinum (verbum),

Suet. Gram. 22.— Comp.: nihil Latinius legi, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. 2, 6 Mai.; cf.:

nihil Latinius tuis voluminibus,

Hier. Ep. 58, 9.— Sup.:

homo Latinissimus,

Hier. Ep. 50, 2.— Adv.: Lătīnē, in Latin:

Graece haec vocatur emporos: eadem Latine mercator,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 5; id. Cas. prol. 34:

Cumanis petentibus, ut publice Latine loquerentur, et praeconibus Latine vendendi jus esset,

in the Latin tongue, Liv. 40, 42 fin.:

scire,

to understand Latin, Cic. Caecin. 19, 55:

num Latine scit?

id. Phil. 5, 5, 13:

non enim tam praeclarum est scire Latine, quam turpe nescire,

id. Brut. 37, 140:

nescire,

Juv. 6, 188: reddere, to translate into Latin, Cic. de Or, 1, 34, 153; cf.

docere,

Plin. Ep. 7, 4, 9.—In partic.: Latine loqui, to speak with propriety or elegance:

Latine et diligenter loqui,

Cic. Brut. 45, 166; cf.:

ut pure et emendate loquentes, quod est Latine,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 2, 4:

pure et Latine loqui,

id. de Or. 1, 32, 144.—Sometimes, also, like our to talk plain English, for, to speak out, to speak plainly or openly (syn. Romano more loqui):

(gladiator), ut appellant ii, qui plane et Latine loquuntur,

Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 17:

Latine me scitote, non accusatorie loqui,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 2:

poscere,

Juv. 11, 148:

formare,

to compose in Latin, Suet. Aug. 89: componere, id. Gram. init.—Comp.: Latinius, in better Latin (late Lat.), Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 3, 6; Hier. in Isa. 8, 10.—

Subst.

Lătīni, ōrum, m.

The inhabitants of Latium, Latins, Liv. 1, 2 sq.; 1, 32 sq.; 2, 19 sq.; Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; 3, 31, 112; Verg. A. 7, 367; Juv. 6, 44. —

Those who possessed the Latin rights of citizenship (jus Latii, Latinitas);

freq. in the connection, socii et Latini,

Cic. Balb. 8, 21; id. Sest. 13, 30; id. Lael. 3, 12 (v. socius).—

Latini Juniani, freedmen whose liberty was secured by the operation of the lex Junia Norbana (772 A. U. C.), Gai. Inst. 3, § 56.—

Lătīnae, ārum, f. (sc. feriae), the festival of the allied Latins, the Latin holidays, Liv. 5, 17; 19; Cic. Att. 1, 3; id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2 fin.; id. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18.—

Lătīnum, i, n., Latin, the Latin language:

licet in Latinum illa convertere,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, 29:

in Latinum vertore,

Quint. 1, 5, 2.—

Lătīnĭensis, e, adj., Latin:

populi,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 69: ager, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 10, 20.— In plur absol.: Lătīnĭenses, ĭum, m., the Latins, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 28, 62.—

Lătĭālis, and euphon. collat. form Lătĭāris, e (also Lătĭar, v. infra), adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latin.

Form Latialis:

populus,

the Latins, Romans, Ov. M. 15, 481:

sermo,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7:

Juppiter,

Luc. 1, 198;

hence, also, caput,

a statue of Jupiter, id. 1, 535.— Lătĭālĭter, adv., in the Latin manner (post - class.):

peplo circa umeros involuto Latialiter tegebatur,

Mart. Cap. 5 init.:

nihil effari,

id. 6, § 587:

te Latialiter sonantem,

Sid. Carm. 23, 235 (al. Latiariter).—

Form Latiaris: Latiaris sancte Juppiter (Juppiter Latiaris was the guardian deity of the Latin confederacy, to whom the feriae Latinae were consecrated), Cic. Mil. 31, 85:

Juppiter,

Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 43 Sillig. N. cr.:

collis,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.:

doctrina Latiaris,

Macr. S. 1, 2.— Adv.: Lătĭārĭter, v. in the preced. 1.—

Hence, subst.: Lătĭar, āris, n., the festival of Jupiter Latiaris:

confectum erat Latiar,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2; cf. Macr. S. 1, 16, 16.

Lătĭum, ii, n. [2. lătus; Sanscr. root prath-, to spread or widen; cf. Lat. later, etc.; prop., the plains or flat-land;

by the ancients referred to latēre, because here Saturnus lay concealed from his son,

Ov. F. 1, 238; Verg. A. 8, 322; Arn. 4, 143; Lact. 1, 13;

or to Latinus,

the name of the mythical king, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.], a country of Italy, in which Rome was situated, now Campagna di Roma, and a part of the Terra di Lavoro, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 54; Enn. ap. Acro. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 455); Cic. Rep. 2, 24, 44; Liv. 6, 21; 8, 13; Hor. C. 1, 12, 53; 1, 35, 10; id. C. S. 66; Mel. 3, 4, 2; consisting of two parts:

Latium vetus,

Tac. A. 4, 5;

or antiquum,

Verg. A. 7, 38; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56; which was the original territory governed by Rome before the subjugation of the Æqui and Volsci, and:

Latium novum, or adjectum,

originally the territory of the Æqui, Volsci, Hernici, and Aurunci, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59.—

Jus Latii, the political rights and privileges which belonged originally to the Latins, but were afterwards granted by the Romans to other people; this jus comprehended less than civitas Romana, but more than peregrinitas (cf. latinitas and Latini):

eodem anno Caesar nationes Alpium maritimarum in jus Latii transtulit,

Tac. A. 15, 32. —Also called Latium alone: aut majus est Latium aut minus; majus est Latium, cum et hi, qui decuriones leguntur, et ei qui honorem aliquem aut magistratum gerunt, civitatem Romanam consecuntur;

minus Latium est, cum hi tantum, qui vel magistratum vel honorem gerunt, ad civitatem Romanam perveniunt,

Gai. Inst. 1, 96; cf.:

Latium externis dilargiri,

Tac. H. 3, 55:

Latio dato,

Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 20:

Latio donata oppida,

id. 3, 1, 3, § 7.—

Hence,

Lătĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latian, Latin ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

agri,

the Latin territory, Ov. F. 2, 553; 3, 606; 5, 91:

gens,

id. ib. 4, 42; id. M. 14, 832:

lingua,

id. P. 2, 3, 75: palmes, vines growing in Latium, id. F. 4, 894:

boves,

Col. 6, 1, 2. — Poet., for Roman:

turba,

the Roman people, Ov. F. 1, 639:

parentes,

id. ib. 3, 243; cf.

matres,

id. ib. 4, 133:

annus,

the Roman year, id. ib. 1, 1:

vulnera,

of Roman soldiers, id. A. A. 1, 414.—

Lătīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latin.

Adj.: populi, the Latins, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll. (Ann. v. 24 Vahl.); cf.

genus,

the Latins, Romans, Verg. A. 1, 6:

lingua,

the Latin language, Varr. L. L. 5, § 1 Müll.; cf.

opp. Graeca,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

poëtae, opp. Graeci,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 10: via, beginning at the Porta Latina, near the Porta Capena, id. Clu. 59, 163; Liv. 2, 39; 10, 36 al.:

dies,

the days of the Roman calendar, the Roman year, Ov. F. 3, 177: feriae, the festival of the allied Latins, which was celebrated especially by offerings to Juppiter Latiaris on Mons Albanus, Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 1, 6, 15; Liv. 21, 63; 22, 1; more freq. absol.; v. in the foll. 2.: coloniae, which possessed the jus Latii, Cic. Caecin. 33 fin.; Suet. Caes. 8: nomen, Latin citizenship, also called jus Latii and Latinitas, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 31; 3, 29, 41; Sall. J. 39, 2 (v. socius): casus, i. e. the ablative, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 277 P.:

tragici veteres,

Quint. 1, 8, 8:

esse illud Latinum (verbum),

Suet. Gram. 22.— Comp.: nihil Latinius legi, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. 2, 6 Mai.; cf.:

nihil Latinius tuis voluminibus,

Hier. Ep. 58, 9.— Sup.:

homo Latinissimus,

Hier. Ep. 50, 2.— Adv.: Lătīnē, in Latin:

Graece haec vocatur emporos: eadem Latine mercator,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 5; id. Cas. prol. 34:

Cumanis petentibus, ut publice Latine loquerentur, et praeconibus Latine vendendi jus esset,

in the Latin tongue, Liv. 40, 42 fin.:

scire,

to understand Latin, Cic. Caecin. 19, 55:

num Latine scit?

id. Phil. 5, 5, 13:

non enim tam praeclarum est scire Latine, quam turpe nescire,

id. Brut. 37, 140:

nescire,

Juv. 6, 188: reddere, to translate into Latin, Cic. de Or, 1, 34, 153; cf.

docere,

Plin. Ep. 7, 4, 9.—In partic.: Latine loqui, to speak with propriety or elegance:

Latine et diligenter loqui,

Cic. Brut. 45, 166; cf.:

ut pure et emendate loquentes, quod est Latine,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 2, 4:

pure et Latine loqui,

id. de Or. 1, 32, 144.—Sometimes, also, like our to talk plain English, for, to speak out, to speak plainly or openly (syn. Romano more loqui):

(gladiator), ut appellant ii, qui plane et Latine loquuntur,

Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 17:

Latine me scitote, non accusatorie loqui,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 2:

poscere,

Juv. 11, 148:

formare,

to compose in Latin, Suet. Aug. 89: componere, id. Gram. init.—Comp.: Latinius, in better Latin (late Lat.), Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 3, 6; Hier. in Isa. 8, 10.—

Subst.

Lătīni, ōrum, m.

The inhabitants of Latium, Latins, Liv. 1, 2 sq.; 1, 32 sq.; 2, 19 sq.; Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; 3, 31, 112; Verg. A. 7, 367; Juv. 6, 44. —

Those who possessed the Latin rights of citizenship (jus Latii, Latinitas);

freq. in the connection, socii et Latini,

Cic. Balb. 8, 21; id. Sest. 13, 30; id. Lael. 3, 12 (v. socius).—

Latini Juniani, freedmen whose liberty was secured by the operation of the lex Junia Norbana (772 A. U. C.), Gai. Inst. 3, § 56.—

Lătīnae, ārum, f. (sc. feriae), the festival of the allied Latins, the Latin holidays, Liv. 5, 17; 19; Cic. Att. 1, 3; id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2 fin.; id. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18.—

Lătīnum, i, n., Latin, the Latin language:

licet in Latinum illa convertere,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, 29:

in Latinum vertore,

Quint. 1, 5, 2.—

Lătīnĭensis, e, adj., Latin:

populi,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 69: ager, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 10, 20.— In plur absol.: Lătīnĭenses, ĭum, m., the Latins, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 28, 62.—

Lătĭālis, and euphon. collat. form Lătĭāris, e (also Lătĭar, v. infra), adj., of or belonging to Latium, Latin.

Form Latialis:

populus,

the Latins, Romans, Ov. M. 15, 481:

sermo,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7:

Juppiter,

Luc. 1, 198;

hence, also, caput,

a statue of Jupiter, id. 1, 535.— Lătĭālĭter, adv., in the Latin manner (post - class.):

peplo circa umeros involuto Latialiter tegebatur,

Mart. Cap. 5 init.:

nihil effari,

id. 6, § 587:

te Latialiter sonantem,

Sid. Carm. 23, 235 (al. Latiariter).—

Form Latiaris: Latiaris sancte Juppiter (Juppiter Latiaris was the guardian deity of the Latin confederacy, to whom the feriae Latinae were consecrated), Cic. Mil. 31, 85:

Juppiter,

Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 43 Sillig. N. cr.:

collis,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.:

doctrina Latiaris,

Macr. S. 1, 2.— Adv.: Lătĭārĭter, v. in the preced. 1.—

Hence, subst.: Lătĭar, āris, n., the festival of Jupiter Latiaris:

confectum erat Latiar,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2; cf. Macr. S. 1, 16, 16.

lex, lēgis, f. [perh. Sanscr. root lag-, lig-, to fasten; Lat. ligo, to bind, oblige; cf. religio], a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill (cf. institutum).

Lit.:

legem ferre: antiquare,

Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73:

rogare,

id. Phil. 2, 29, 72:

leges ac jura ferre,

Juv. 2, 72:

legem promulgavit pertulitque, ut, etc.,

Liv. 33, 46:

Antonius fixit legem a dictatore comitiis latam, qua, etc.,

Cic. Att. 14, 12:

legem sciscere de aliqua re,

id. Planc. 14, 35:

populus R. jussit legem de civitate tribuenda,

id. Balb. 17, 38:

repudiare,

id. Lael. 25, 96.—

Transf.

A bill which has become a law in consequence of its adoption by the people in the comitia, a law (cf.: jus, fas; decretum, edictum, scitum): legem constituere alicui, Cic. Caecin. 14, 40:

legem gravem alicui imponere,

id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

legem neglegere, evertere, perfringere,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

neglegere, perrumpere,

id. Leg. 1, 15, 42:

leges ac jura labefactare,

id. Caecin. 25, 70:

legem condere,

Liv. 3, 34: leges duodecim tabularum, the laws composed by the decemvirs, the foundation of Roman legislation, Liv. 3, 33 sq.:

nunc barbaricā lege certumst jus meum omne persequi,

i. e. by the Roman law, that of the Twelve Tables, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 32.—

Esp. in phrases.

Lege and legibus, according to law, by law, legally:

ejus morte ea ad me lege redierunt bona,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 4:

Athenas deductus est, ut ibi de eo legibus fieret judicium,

Nep. Phoc. 3, 4.—

Legis actio, a statutory process:

actiones quas in usu veteres habuerunt legis actiones appellabantur, vel ideo quod legibus proditae sunt,... vel ideo quia ipsarum legum verbis accommodatae erant, et ideo inmutabiles proinde atque leges observabantur,

Gai. Inst. 4, 11; cf. § 12 sqq.—

Hence, in partic.: lege agere, to proceed strictly according to law.

Of the lictor, to execute a sentence:

Fulvius praeconi imperavit, ut lictorem lege agere juberet,

Liv. 26, 15, 9. —

To bring a legal or statutory action: una injuria est tecum. Chr. Lege agito ergo, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 90: lege agito dicebatur ei cujus intentio contemptibilis adversario videbatur, Don. ad Ter. l. l.: lege agito mecum;

molestus ne sis,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 11:

lege egit in hereditatem paternam exheres filius,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; 1, 36, 167; id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 115.—

Fraudem legi facere, to evade the law:

ut ne legi fraudem faciant aleariae, adcuratote ut, etc.,

the law against dicing, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 9:

quod emancupando filium fraudem legi fecisset,

Liv. 7, 16, 9; cf. Val. Max. 8, 6, 3; cf.

also: facio fraudem senatus consulto,

Cic. Att. 4, 12, 1.—

In gen., a law, precept, regulation, principle, rule, mode, manner:

qui disciplinam suam legem vitae putet,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

communis condicio lexque vitae,

id. ib. 4, 29, 62; id. Balb. 7, 18:

haec lex in amicitia sauciatur,

id. Lael. 12, 40:

quaero cur vir bonus has sibi tam gravis leges imposuerit,

id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

lex veri rectique,

id. ib. 2, 9, 27:

aliquam legem vitae accipere,

Sen. Ep. 108, 6:

ad legem naturae revertamur,

id. ib. 25, 4:

leges in historia observandae,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 5:

quis nescit primam esse historiae legem, ne quid falsi dicere audeat?

id. de Or. 2, 15, 62; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3:

vetus est lex amicitiae, ut idem amici semper velint,

id. Planc. 2, 5:

hanc ad legem formanda est oratio,

id. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

versibus est certa quaedam et definita lex,

id. Or. 58:

legibus suis (i. e. philosophiae) parere,

id. Tusc. 5, 7, 19:

leges Epicuri,

id. ib. 5, 37, 108; 4, 4, 7; Sen. Ep. 94, 15; Suet. Ner. 24:

vetus lex sermonis,

Quint. 1, 5, 29:

contra leges loquendi,

id. 1, 8, 13:

lex et ratio loquendi,

Juv. 6, 453:

secundum grammaticam legem,

Gell. 13, 21, 22:

legem esse aiunt disciplinae dialecticae, etc.,

id. 16, 2, 1:

citharae leges,

Tac. A. 16, 4:

beneficii,

Sen. Ben. 2, 10, 4:

sic ingens rerum numerus jubet atque operum lex,

Juv. 7, 102:

scimus hujus opusculi illam esse legem, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 5:

qui titulus sola metri lege constringitur,

id. ib. 4, 14, 8.—Of things:

quā sidera lege mearent,

by what law, what rule, Ov. M. 15, 71.—Hence, sine lege, without order, in confusion, confusedly:

exspatiantur equi... quaque impetus egit, Hac sine lege ruunt,

Ov. M. 2, 204:

jacent collo sparsi sine lege capilli,

id. H. 15, 73:

haec in lege loci commoda Circus habet,

quality, nature, id. Am. 3, 2, 20; cf.:

sub lege loci sumit mutatque figuras,

id. Hal. 32.—

A contract, agreement, covenant:

oleam faciundam hac lege oportet locare, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 145:

in mancipii lege,

a contract of sale, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178; cf.:

Manilianas venalium vendendorum leges ediscere,

id. ib. 1, 58, 246: collegii Aesculapii, Inscr. ap. Fabrett. p. 724, n. 443.—

A condition, stipulation (cf. condicio).

In gen. (mostly ante-class.):

ego dabo ei talentum, primus qui in crucem excucurrerit, Set ca lege, ut offigantur bis pedes,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 13:

quia nequit, qua lege licuit velle dixit fieri,

id. Stich. 3, 1, 58: estne empta mi haec? Pe. His legibus [p. 1056] habeas licet, id. Ep. 3, 4, 39:

hac lege tibi adstringo meam fidem,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 22:

legibus dictis,

Liv. 9, 5, 3:

dicta tibi est lex,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 18:

sed vos saevas imponite leges,

Juv. 7, 229.—

Hence of conditions or terms of peace:

pax data Philippo in has leges est,

Liv. 33, 30:

quibus ante dictum est legibus, pacem fecerunt,

id. 30, 43:

pacemque his legibus constituerunt,

Nep. Tim. 2:

se sub leges pacis iniquae Tradere,

Verg. A. 4, 618:

leges et foedera jungere,

id. ib. 12, 822:

in leges ire,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 27.—

In eccl. Lat. esp., the law of Moses:

nolite putare quoniam veni solvere legem,

Vulg. Matt. 5, 17; 11, 13;

often called lex Moysi,

id. Luc. 2, 22; id. Act. 15, 5;

but more freq. lex Domini,

id. Luc. 2, 23; id. Psa. 4, 2:

lex Dei,

id. 2 Esdr. 10, 28 sq.;

also cf.: lex Altissimi,

id. Eccl. 19, 21:

lex tua,

id. Psa. 39, 8; 118, 18:

lex mea,

id. Prov. 3, 1.—Also of a precept of the Mosaic law:

ista est lex animantium,

Vulg. Lev. 11, 46:

istae sunt leges quas constituit Dominus,

id. Num. 30, 17.