a+place+in+which

accessus, a, um, Part. of accedo.

accessus, ūs, m. [accedo], a going or coming to or near, an approaching, approach (syn. aditus; opp. recessus, discessus).

Lit.:

accessus nocturnus ad urbem,

Cic. Mil. 19:

(bestiarum) ad res salutares (opp. recessus),

id. N. D. 2, 12 fin.:

accessus prohibet refugitque viriles,

Ov. M. 14, 636:

solisaccessus discessusque,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7;

of the tide,

id. Div. 2, 14 fin.;

of a disease,

Gell. 4, 2;

of soldiers: difficilis,

Caes. B. Afr. 5: maritimus, from the sea:

pedestris,

on the land side, id. B. Alex. 26:

loci,

to a place, id. B. Hisp. 38.—

Transf.

Poet. of permission to approach, access, admittance (cf. aditus):

dare accessum alicui,

Ov. Pont. 2, 2, 41:

negare,

id. Her. 10, 64.—

The place by which one approaches, a passage, an entrance (in sing. and plur.), Verg. A. 8, 229; Suet. Caes. 58; Flor. 2, 12, 5;

for ships,

Liv. 29, 27, 9.—

Fig.

An approaching, approach:

ita pedetemptim cum accessus a se ad causam facti, tum recessus,

an approach to the matter, Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 7.—

An accession, increase: accessu istius splendoris, Cod. Th. 6, 35, 7.

spĕcŭla, ae, f. [id.].

A high place from which to look out, a look-out, watch-tower:

specula, de quo prospicimus,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 82 Müll.:

praedonum adventum significabat ignis e speculā sublatus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 93:

dat signum speculā ab altā,

Verg. A. 3, 239; Luc. 6, 279:

tamquam ex aliquā speculā prospexi tempestatem futuram,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1; id. Phil. 7, 7, 19; Col. 7, 3 fin. al.— Plur., Liv. 29, 23' specularum significationem Sinon invenit, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202; Stat. Th. 6, 547; App. de Mundo, p. 69, 40.—

Trop., a watchtower: stetit Caesar in illā amicitiae speculā, [p. 1739] Plin. Pan. 86, 4.—

In gen.

In speculis esse, to be on the watch or lookout:

nunc homines in speculis sunt, observant, quemadmodum sese unusquisque vestrum gerat,

Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 46; cf. id. Deiot. 8, 22:

in speculis omnis Abydos erat, Ov. H. (17), 18, 12: in speculis atque insidiis relicti,

Cic. Mur. 37, 79:

diem unum in speculis fuit,

Liv. 34, 26:

gentis paratas pendere in speculis,

Claud. B. Get. 569.—

Poet., like skopia, a high place, height, eminence:

in speculis summoque in vertice montis Planities ignota jacet,

Verg. A. 11, 526; so of the summits of mountains, id. E. 8, 59; id. A. 10, 454; of the high walls of a city, id. ib. 11, 877; 4, 586.

spēcŭla, ae, f. dim. [spes; cf. recula, from res], a slight hope (rare but class.):

estne quid in te speculae?

Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 9; id. Cas. 2, 4, 27:

ulla nec specula est,

id. Rud. 3, 3, 3; Cic. Clu. 26, 72:

oblectabar speculā,

id. Fam. 2, 16, 5:

cassae speculae renuntias fortiter,

App. M. 6, p. 175, 17:

tenui speculā solabar clades ultimas,

id. ib. 10, p. 253, 5.

trīgārĭus, a, um, adj. [triga], of or belonging to a triga; used only as subst.

trīgārĭus, ii, m., one who drives a threehorse chariot, Plin. 28, 17, 72, § 238; 29, 1, 5, § 9.—

trīgārĭum, ii, n.

A place in which trigae (and horses in general) are trained and exercised, Plin. 37, 13, 77, § 202; cf.: trigarium topos, hopou hippoi gumnazontai, Gloss. Philox.—

As a nom. propr., a place or square in Rome in the ninth region, Inscr. Orell. 4266.—

(Acc. to triga, II.) The number three, Mart. Cap. 7, § 733; 9, § 895.

trīgārĭus, a, um, adj. [triga], of or belonging to a triga; used only as subst.

trīgārĭus, ii, m., one who drives a threehorse chariot, Plin. 28, 17, 72, § 238; 29, 1, 5, § 9.—

trīgārĭum, ii, n.

A place in which trigae (and horses in general) are trained and exercised, Plin. 37, 13, 77, § 202; cf.: trigarium topos, hopou hippoi gumnazontai, Gloss. Philox.—

As a nom. propr., a place or square in Rome in the ninth region, Inscr. Orell. 4266.—

(Acc. to triga, II.) The number three, Mart. Cap. 7, § 733; 9, § 895.

ădĭtus, a, um, Part. of 1. adeo.

ădĭtus, ūs, m. [1. adeo], a going to, approach, access.

Lit.:

quorum abitu aut aditu,

Lucr. 1, 677:

urbes permultas uno aditu atque adventu esse captas,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 8:

quo neque sit ventis aditus,

Verg. G. 4, 9; so id. A. 4, 293, 423 al.—With ad:

aditus ad eum difficilior,

Cic. Att. 15, 8; so id. N. D. 2, 47 fin.; Ov. F. 1, 173; Tac. A. 2, 28.—With in (cf. 1. adeo):

aditus in id sacrarium non est viris,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45; so Auct. Or. pro Dom. 42, 110 al.: aditus ad me minime provinciales, which are not made in the manner customary ( with the prœtor), Cic. Att. 1, 2.—

Transf.

The possibility, leave, permission, or right of approaching, or of admittance, access (cf. accessus):

faciles aditus ad eum privatorum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14; so id. Rosc. Am. 38; id. Fam. 6, 13; Nep. Paus. 3; Liv. 41, 23; Hor. S. 1, 9, 56:

homo rari aditūs,

a man rarely accessible, Liv. 24, 5.— Trop.:

si qui mihi erit aditus de tuis fortunis agendi,

Cic. Fam. 6, 10; so Caes. B. G. 5, 41; id. B. C. 1, 31.—

Coner., the place through which one approaches a thing, an entrance, avenue, etc. (opp. abitus; cf.

also accessus): primo aditu vestibuloque prohibere,

Cic. Caecin. 12; id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160:

aditus insulae muniti,

id. Att. 4, 16; so id. Phil. 1, 10; Caes. B. G. 4, 20; id. B. C. 2, 16; Liv. 36, 10; Ov. M. 3, 226; id. F. 6, 157; id. H. 18, 44.—Hence trop. (in Cic. very freq.):

quartus aditus ad initia rerum,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 8 Müll.:

aditus ad causam,

Cic. Sull. 2:

vestibula honesta aditusque ad causam illustres facere,

id. Or. 15; so id. de Or. 1, 21, 47; 3, 2; id. Off. 2, 9; id. Font. 5; id. Caecin. 25, 72; id. Agr. 2, 15; id. Att. 2, 17 al.

bacchor, ātus ( part. pres. gen. plur. bacchantum; v. I. fin. infra), 1, v. dep. [Bacchus].

Lit., to celebrate the festival of Bacchus:

Baccha bacchans,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

saxea ut effigies bacchantis prospicit Evoe,

i. e. which cries Evoe in the orgies, Cat. 64, 61; 64, 255:

cum aliquo,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 8.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: bacchan-tes, um, f., Bacchae, the Bacchantes: passis Medea capillis Bacchantum ritu, Ov.M. 7, 258; 3, 703; Curt. 8, 10, 15; gen. Bacchantium, id. 9, 10, 24.—

Pass. (as in later Gr. bakcheuesthai, bakcheuthênai) of the place in which the orgies of Bacchus were celebrated:

virginibus bacchata Lacaenis Taygeta,

Verg. G. 2, 487 Heyn.:

bacchata jugis Naxos,

id. A. 3, 125:

Dindyma sanguineis famulum bacchata lacertis,

Val. Fl. 3, 20: ita obsoletum sono furenter ab omni parti bacchatur nemus, Santra ap. Non. p. 78, 28:

ululatibus Ide bacchatur,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 206.—

Transf., in gen., to revel, rave, rant, like the Bacchœ (of every species of mental excitement, love, hatred, joy, etc.; mostly poet. and in more elevated prose):

quibus gaudiis exsultabis? quantā in voluptate bacchabere?

Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

furor in vestrā caede bacchantis,

id. ib. 4, 6, 11; id. Har. Resp. 18, 39:

non ego sanius Bacchabor Edonis,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 26; Col. poët. 10, 198; * Suet. Calig. 56; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 213; id. VI. Cons. Hon. 192.—Of murderous fury:

tantā in illos caede bacchati sunt,

Vulg. Judic. 20, 25.—So of poet. inspiration, Stat. S. 1, 2, 258;

and with carmen as object: grande Sophocleo carmen bacchamur hiatu,

Juv. 6, 636; cf.:

furebant Euhoe bacchantes,

raving to the cry of Euhoe, Cat. 64, 255; 64, 61.—Also, to go or run about in a wanton, wild, raving, or furious manner: animans Omne, quod in magnis bacchatur montibu' passim, * Lucr. 5, 822:

saevit inops animi, totamque incensa per urbem Bacchatur,

Verg. A. 4, 301 ( = discursitat, Heyne):

immanis in antro Bacchatur vates,

raves, is inspired, id. ib. 6, 78;

7, 385: infelix virgo totā bacchatur in urbe,

id. Cir. 166.—Hence,

Transf. to inanimate things, to be furious, rage with fury, etc., to be impetuous, etc.

So of a vessel of wine that is filled very often:

ubi bacchabatur aula, casabant cadi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41 Lorenz ad loc.—

Of winds:

Thracio bacchante magis sub interlunia vento,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 29.—Of violent rain, Val. Fl. 6, 632.—

Of a rumor: concussam bacchatur fama per urbem, spreads rapidly, Verg A. 4, 666.—

Of enthusiastic, raging discourse:

quod eos, quorum altior oratio actioque esset ardentior furere et bacchari arbitraretur,

Cic. Brut. 80, 276:

vitiosum dicendi genus, quod inanibus locis bacchatur, etc.,

Quint. 12, 10, 73.

bacchor, ātus ( part. pres. gen. plur. bacchantum; v. I. fin. infra), 1, v. dep. [Bacchus].

Lit., to celebrate the festival of Bacchus:

Baccha bacchans,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

saxea ut effigies bacchantis prospicit Evoe,

i. e. which cries Evoe in the orgies, Cat. 64, 61; 64, 255:

cum aliquo,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 8.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: bacchan-tes, um, f., Bacchae, the Bacchantes: passis Medea capillis Bacchantum ritu, Ov.M. 7, 258; 3, 703; Curt. 8, 10, 15; gen. Bacchantium, id. 9, 10, 24.—

Pass. (as in later Gr. bakcheuesthai, bakcheuthênai) of the place in which the orgies of Bacchus were celebrated:

virginibus bacchata Lacaenis Taygeta,

Verg. G. 2, 487 Heyn.:

bacchata jugis Naxos,

id. A. 3, 125:

Dindyma sanguineis famulum bacchata lacertis,

Val. Fl. 3, 20: ita obsoletum sono furenter ab omni parti bacchatur nemus, Santra ap. Non. p. 78, 28:

ululatibus Ide bacchatur,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 206.—

Transf., in gen., to revel, rave, rant, like the Bacchœ (of every species of mental excitement, love, hatred, joy, etc.; mostly poet. and in more elevated prose):

quibus gaudiis exsultabis? quantā in voluptate bacchabere?

Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

furor in vestrā caede bacchantis,

id. ib. 4, 6, 11; id. Har. Resp. 18, 39:

non ego sanius Bacchabor Edonis,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 26; Col. poët. 10, 198; * Suet. Calig. 56; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 213; id. VI. Cons. Hon. 192.—Of murderous fury:

tantā in illos caede bacchati sunt,

Vulg. Judic. 20, 25.—So of poet. inspiration, Stat. S. 1, 2, 258;

and with carmen as object: grande Sophocleo carmen bacchamur hiatu,

Juv. 6, 636; cf.:

furebant Euhoe bacchantes,

raving to the cry of Euhoe, Cat. 64, 255; 64, 61.—Also, to go or run about in a wanton, wild, raving, or furious manner: animans Omne, quod in magnis bacchatur montibu' passim, * Lucr. 5, 822:

saevit inops animi, totamque incensa per urbem Bacchatur,

Verg. A. 4, 301 ( = discursitat, Heyne):

immanis in antro Bacchatur vates,

raves, is inspired, id. ib. 6, 78;

7, 385: infelix virgo totā bacchatur in urbe,

id. Cir. 166.—Hence,

Transf. to inanimate things, to be furious, rage with fury, etc., to be impetuous, etc.

So of a vessel of wine that is filled very often:

ubi bacchabatur aula, casabant cadi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41 Lorenz ad loc.—

Of winds:

Thracio bacchante magis sub interlunia vento,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 29.—Of violent rain, Val. Fl. 6, 632.—

Of a rumor: concussam bacchatur fama per urbem, spreads rapidly, Verg A. 4, 666.—

Of enthusiastic, raging discourse:

quod eos, quorum altior oratio actioque esset ardentior furere et bacchari arbitraretur,

Cic. Brut. 80, 276:

vitiosum dicendi genus, quod inanibus locis bacchatur, etc.,

Quint. 12, 10, 73.

rōstrum, i, n. [rodo], the bill or beak of a bird; the snout, muzzle, mouth of animals (cf. proboscis).

Lit.:

cibum arripere aduncitate rostrorum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

aves corneo proceroque rostro,

id. ib. 1, 36, 101; Liv. 41, 13; Ov. M. 2, 376; 5, 545; 6, 673 et saep. al.:

arietes tortis cornibus pronis ad rostrum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4;

of goats,

id. ib. 2, 3, 2;

of swine,

Cic. Div. 1, [p. 1601] 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; Ov. M. 8, 371; 10, 713; 14, 282;

of dogs,

id. ib. 1, 536; 3, 249;

of wolves,

Plin. 28, 10, 44, § 157;

of stags,

id. 8, 32, 50, § 112;

of a dolphin,

id. 9, 8, 7, § 20;

of tortoises,

id. 9, 10, 12, § 37;

of bees,

id. 11, 10, 10, § 21 et saep.—

In familiar or contemptuous lang., like our muzzle, snout, of persons, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. squarrosi, p. 329 Müll.; Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 13; Lucil., Nov., and Varr. ap. Non. 455, 10 sq.; Petr. 75, 10; so,

too, of human statues,

Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin. —

Transf.

In gen., of objects having a similar shape, the curved point of a vine-dresser's billhook, Col. 4, 25, 1;

of a plough,

Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 171;

of hammers,

id. 34, 14, 41, § 144;

of lamps,

id. 28, 11, 46, § 163;

of an island,

id. 10, 33, 49, § 137.—

Esp. freq., the curved end of a ship ' s prow, a ship ' s beak; sing.:

neque his (navibus) nostrae rostro nocere poterant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13; so id. ib. 3, 14; id. B. C. 2, 6; Liv. 28, 30; 37, 30; Verg. A. 10, 157; 301:

navis, cui argenteum aut aureum rostrum est,

Sen. Ep. 76, 13; Ov. M. 4, 705 al. — Plur., Auct. B. Alex. 44, 3;

46, 2.—Sometimes of a triple form: convolsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor,

Verg. A. 5, 143; cf. Val. Fl. 1, 688:

rostrum trifidum,

Sil. 6, 358.—Hence,

Rostra, the Rostra, a stage or platform for speakers in the Forum, so called from being adorned with the beaks of ships taken from the Antians A.U.C. 416, Liv. 8, 14; Varr. L. L. 5, § 155 Müll.; Plin. 34, 5, 11, § 20; Ascon. Mil. p. 43 Orell.; cf. Becker, Antiq. I. p. 279 sq. and p. 290; and, in gen., the place from which the assembled people were addressed, the orator ' s pulpit, or platform:

ut semper in rostris curiam, in senatu populum defenderim,

Cic. Pis. 3, 7:

ut in rostris prius quam in senatu litterae recitarentur,

Liv. 27, 50 fin.:

in rostra escendere,

Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; Liv. 30, 17:

descendere ad rostra,

Suet. Vit. 15:

procedere in rostra,

Plin. Pan. 65, 3:

cum Vettius descendisset de rostris,

Cic. Vatin. 11, 26; cf.:

aliquem de rostris deducere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 21:

rem a subselliis ad rostra detulit,

Cic. Clu. 40, 111:

caput Sulpicii erectum et ostentatum pro rostris,

Vell. 2, 19, 1; cf.:

aliquem defunctum laudare e more pro rostris (v. pro, II. 2.),

Suet. Caes. 6; so,

pro rostris,

id. ib. 17; 20; 79; 84; id. Aug. 100; id. Tib. 6; id. Calig. 10; id. Claud. 22; id. Ner. 47; Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 15, 3; Tac. A. 3, 5; 76; 4, 12; 5, 1;

for which: laudavit ipse apud rostra formam ejus,

id. ib. 16, 6:

frigidus a rostris manat per compita rumor,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 50.— Sing.:

tenere rostrum,

Luc. 1, 275:

rostrum forumque optare,

id. 7, 65.— Poet.:

campumque et rostra movebat,

i. e. the assembled people, Luc. 8, 685.

• The place in which something happens

ăbĭcĭo or abjĭc- (in the best MSS. abicio; cf.

ăbĭci,

Ov. P. 2, 3, 37;

ăbĭcit,

Juv. 15, 17), ĕre, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [ab-jacio], to cast away, to throw away, throw down.

Lit.:

in sepulcrum ejus abjecta gleba non est,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 23 Müll.:

scutum,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:

insigne regium de capite,

id. Sest. 27:

socer ad pedes abjectus,

id. ib. 34; so,

se ad pedes,

id. Phil. 2, 34, 86:

se e muro in mare,

id. Tusc. 1, 34; so,

corpus in mare,

id. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

impelluntur, feriuntur, abiciuntur, cadunt,

id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

se abjecit exanimatus,

he threw himself down as if lifeless, id. Sest. 37.— Absol.:

si te uret sarcina, abicito,

throw it down, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 7.—Also with in and abl., when the place from which a thing is thrown is designated:

anulum in mari,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92 Madv. N. cr.; so, ut se abiceret in herba, id. de Or. 1, 7, 28:

statuas in propatulo domi,

Nep. Hann. 9, 3:

cadaver in viā,

Suet. Ner. 48; cf.:

ubi cadaver abjeceris,

Tac. A. 1, 22.

Fig.

In gen., to cast off, throw away, give up, etc.:

ut primum tenebris abjectis inalbabat,

as soon as the day, having dispelled the darkness, was beginning to brighten, Enn. Ann. v. 219 Vahl.: nusquam ego vidi abjectas aedīs, nisi modo hasce, thrown away, i.e. sold too low, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 3: psaltria aliquo abiciendast, must be got rid off ( il faut se defaire d'elle, Dacier), Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26:

vitam,

Cic. Att. 3, 19:

salutem pro aliquo,

id. Planc. 33:

memoriam beneficiorum,

id. Phil. 8, 11:

versum,

to declaim it carelessly, id. de Or. 3, 26 (cf. with id. ib. 3, 59: ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, the period must be brought gradually to a close, not broken off abruptly).

In partic.

To throw off, cast aside care for, remembrance of, etc., to give up, abandon:

abicimus ista,

we let that go, Cic. Att. 13, 3:

fama ingenii mihi est abicienda,

I must renounce, id. ib. 9, 16: domum Sullanam desperabam jam... sed tamen non abjeci, but yet I have not abandoned it, i. e. its purchase, id. Fam. 9, 15:

abjectis nugis,

nonsense apart, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 141 (cf. amoto ludo, id. S. 1, 1, 27).

To cast down to a lower grade, to degrade, humble, Cic. Leg. 1, 9: hic annus senatus auctoritatem abjecit, degraded or lowered the authority of the Senate, id. Att. 1, 18; so also id. Tusc. 5, 18; id. de Or. 3, 26, 104.—Hence, abjectae res, reduced circumstances (opp. florentes), Nep. Att. 8; Cic. Quint. 30; Tac. A. 4, 68.

Abicere se, to throw one's self away, degrade one's self, v. Cic. Tusc. 2, 23: ut enim fit, etc.—Hence, abjectus, a, um, P. a., downcast, disheartened, désponding; low, mean, abject, worthless, unprincipled.

Quo me miser conferam? An domum? matremne ut miseram lamentantem videam et abjectam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214:

plura scribere non possum, ita sum animo perculso et abjecto,

Cic. Att. 3, 2.—

Nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitare, Cic. Fin. 5, 20:

contemptum atque abjectum,

id. Agr. 2, 34:

verbis nec inops nec abjectus,

id. Brut. 62, 222 al. — Comp.:

animus abjectior,

Cic. Lael. 16; Liv. 9, 6.— Sup.:

animus abjectissimus,

Quint. 11, 1, 13 al. — Adv.: abjectē.

Dispiritedly, despondingly:

in dolore est providendum, ne quid abjecte, ne quid timide, ne quid ignave faciamus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55; id. Phil. 3, 11, 28.—

Low, meanly:

quo sordidius et abjectius nati sunt,

Tac. Or. 8:

incuriose et abjecte verbum positum,

improperly, Gell. 2, 6, 1.

ascensus ( ads-), a, um, Part. of ascendo.

ascensus ( ads-), ūs, m. [ascendo], an ascending, ascent.

A.. Lit.:

primos prohibere ascensu coeperunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 32:

homines audaces ab ejus templi aditu atque ascensu repulisti,

Cic. Dom. 21:

quod hosti aditum ascensum ve difficilem praeberet,

Liv. 25, 36 summi fastigia tecti Ascensu supero, Verg. A. 2, 303 ascensus muri, Vulg. 2 Esdr. 12, 36. ascensus altaris, ib. Eccli. 50, 12. adscensus siderum, a rising of the stars to our hemisphere, Plin. 29, 4, 15, § 59:

ascensus aurorae,

Vulg. 2 Esdr. 4, 21; ib. Jon. 4, 7.—Also in plur: hostes partim scalis ascensus tentant, Liv 36, 24.—

Trop.:

ollisque ad honoris amplioris gradum is primus ascensus esto,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3;

olla propter quae datur homini ascensus in caelum,

id. ib. 2, 8.—

Meton. (abstr. for concr., cf.. aditus, accessus, etc.), a place by which one ascends, an approach, ascent:

inambulans atque ascensu ingrediens arduo,

Cic. de Or 1, 61, 261 difficilis atque arduus, id. Verr 2, 4, 23:

riget arduus alto Tmolus in ascensu,

Ov. M. 11, 151:

quae aedes tribunal habent et ascensum,

a flight of stairs, ascent, Vitr. 4, 7, p. 93 Rode; so id. 5, 6, p. 111 Rode.—In plur ut obtinerent ascensus montium, Vulg. Judith, 2, 6; ib. 1 Reg. 14, 4.— Trop.. in virtute multi ascensus many degrees, Cic. Planc. 25 Wund.

arx, arcis, f. [arx ab arcendo, quod is locus munitissimus rubis, a quo facillime possit hostis prohiberi, Varr. L. L. 5, § 151 Müll; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 20; Isid. Orig. 15, 2, 32; Doed. Syn. IV. p. 428; v. arceo], a stronghold, castle, citadel, fortress, akropolis; in Rome, the Capitolium.

A.. Lit.: arce et urbe orba sum, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 114 Müll.): optumates, Corinthum quae arcem altam habetis, id. ap. ejusd. Fam. 7, 6: edicite per urbem ut omnes qui arcem astuque accolunt, cives, etc.; Att. ap. Non. p. 357, 14:

Illa autem in arcem [hinc] abiit,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 59; so id. Ps. 4, 6, 2:

In arcem transcurso opus est,

Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 17:

Condere coeperunt urbīs arcemque locare,

Lucr. 5, 1107:

arcis servator, candidus anser,

id. 4, 683:

munire arcem,

Cic. Pis. 34 fin.:

cum Tarento amisso arcem tamen Livius retinuisset,

id. de Or. 2, 67, 273: arx intra moenia in immanem altitudinem edita; Liv. 45, 28:

arx Sion,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 5, 7:

arx Jerusalem,

ib. 1 Macc. 13, 49:

Romana,

Liv. 1, 12:

Capitolina,

id. 6, 20; cf. id. 3, 18:

Sabinus arcem Capitolii insedit mixto milite,

Tac. H. 3, 69; Suet. Claud. 44 et saep. As the place on which auguries were received (cf. auguraculum):

ut cum in arce augurium augures acturi essent,

Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66; so Liv. 1, 18 and 24.—Hence,

Trop., defence, prolection, refuge, bulwark, etc.:

Castoris templum fuit te consule arx civium perditorum, receptaculum veterum Catilinae militum, castellum forensis latrocinii,

Cic. Pis. 5, 11:

haec urbs, lux orbis terrarum atque arx omnium gentium,

id. Cat. 4, 6; cf. id. Agr. 1, 6, 18:

Africa arx omnium provinciarum,

id. Lig. 7, 22:

Stoicorum,

id. Div. 1, 6, 10:

arx finitimorum, Campani,

Liv. 7, 29; 37, 18:

tribunicium auxilium et provocationem, duas arces libertatis tuendae,

id. 3, 45:

arx ad aliquid faciendum,

id. 28, 3:

eam urbem pro arce habiturus Philippus adversus Graeciae civitates,

id. 33, 14; Flor. 3, 6, 5:

quasi arx aeternae dominationis,

Tac. A. 14, 31.—

As the abode of tyrants, a poet. designation of tyranny (cf. Ascon. ad Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5), Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 293 Heins.:

cupidi arcium,

Sen. Thyest. 342; cf. id. Contr. 4, 27:

non dum attigit arcem, Juris et humani culmen,

Luc. 7, 593 Corte; cf. id. 8, 490, and 4, 800; Tert. Apol. 4.—

Prov.:

arcem facere e cloacā,

to make a mountain of a mole-hill, Cic. Planc. 40.—

Since castles were generally on a height, meton., a height, summit, pinnacle, top, peak (usu. poet. and in Aug. and postAug. prose), lit. and trop.

Lit.:

summā locum sibi legit in arce,

upon the extreme height, Ov. M. 1, 27; cf. id. ib. 12, 43. —So,

In partic.

Of mountains:

Parnasi constitit arce,

Ov. M. 1, 467:

arce loci summā,

id. ib. 11, 393:

Rhipaeae arces,

Verg. G. 1, 240:

flērunt Rhodopeïae arces,

id. ib. 4, 461:

septemque unā sibi muro circumdedit arces,

id. ib. 2, 535:

primus inexpertas adiit Tirynthius arces, i. e. Alpes,

Sil. 3, 496; cf. Drak. ad id. 15, 305; Val. Fl. 3, 565:

impositum arce sublimi oppidum cernimus,

Petr. 116; cf. id. 123, 205, and 209.—

Of houses built on an eminence, Petr. 121, 107, and 293.—

Of the citadel of heaven:

quae pater ut summā vidit Saturnius arce,

Ov. M. 1, 163:

summam petit arduus arcem,

id. ib. 2, 306:

sideream mundi qui temperat arcem,

id. Am. 3, 10, 21.—

Of the heavens themselves: aetheriae [p. 170] arces, Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 19:

arces igneae,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 10:

caeli quibus adnuis arcem,

Verg. A. 1, 250; cf. id. ib. 1, 259.—

Of temples erected on an eminence:

dexterā sacras jaculatus arces,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 3.—

Of the head:

arx corporis,

Sen. Oedip. 185; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 235.—

Trop., height, head, summit, etc. (rare):

celsā mentis ab arce,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 131:

summae laudum arces,

Sil. 13, 771; Sid. Carm. 2, 173:

ubi Hannibal sit, ibi caput atque arcem totius belli esse,

head and front, Liv. 28, 42:

arx eloquentiae,

Tac. Or. 10.

ascensus ( ads-), a, um, Part. of ascendo.

ascensus ( ads-), ūs, m. [ascendo], an ascending, ascent.

A.. Lit.:

primos prohibere ascensu coeperunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 32:

homines audaces ab ejus templi aditu atque ascensu repulisti,

Cic. Dom. 21:

quod hosti aditum ascensum ve difficilem praeberet,

Liv. 25, 36 summi fastigia tecti Ascensu supero, Verg. A. 2, 303 ascensus muri, Vulg. 2 Esdr. 12, 36. ascensus altaris, ib. Eccli. 50, 12. adscensus siderum, a rising of the stars to our hemisphere, Plin. 29, 4, 15, § 59:

ascensus aurorae,

Vulg. 2 Esdr. 4, 21; ib. Jon. 4, 7.—Also in plur: hostes partim scalis ascensus tentant, Liv 36, 24.—

Trop.:

ollisque ad honoris amplioris gradum is primus ascensus esto,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3;

olla propter quae datur homini ascensus in caelum,

id. ib. 2, 8.—

Meton. (abstr. for concr., cf.. aditus, accessus, etc.), a place by which one ascends, an approach, ascent:

inambulans atque ascensu ingrediens arduo,

Cic. de Or 1, 61, 261 difficilis atque arduus, id. Verr 2, 4, 23:

riget arduus alto Tmolus in ascensu,

Ov. M. 11, 151:

quae aedes tribunal habent et ascensum,

a flight of stairs, ascent, Vitr. 4, 7, p. 93 Rode; so id. 5, 6, p. 111 Rode.—In plur ut obtinerent ascensus montium, Vulg. Judith, 2, 6; ib. 1 Reg. 14, 4.— Trop.. in virtute multi ascensus many degrees, Cic. Planc. 25 Wund.

commĕātus ( conm-), ūs, m. [id.].

A going to and fro, passing freely, going at will:

in eo conclavid ego perfodi parietem, Quā conmeatus clam esset hinc huc mulieri,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 65; cf.:

commeatum vocis exercent fauces,

Pall. 1, 3.—

Meton.

A place through which one can pass back and forth, a thoroughfare, passage (rare; cf.:

abitus, aditus, circuitus, etc.): nimis beat, quod conmeatus transtinet trans parietem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 58:

per hortum utroque conmeatus continet,

id. Stich. 3, 1, 44; Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 25.—

A leave of absence from one ' s station for a definite time, a furlough:

commeare, ultro citro ire: unde commeatus dari dicitur, id est tempus, quo ire, redire quis posset,

Fest. p. 277, 27 Müll.:

dare commeatum totius aestatis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 62:

petere,

Vell. 2, 11, 2; Suet. Tib. 10; id. Ner. 35; id. Galb. 6; id. Claud. 23:

sumere,

Liv. 3, 46, 10:

dare,

id. 3, 46, 9; Suet. Calig. 29:

accipere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2:

in commeatu esse,

to be on furlough, Liv. 33, 29, 4:

commeatu abesse,

Suet. Tib. 72; Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 9:

in iis stativis satis liberi commeatus erant,

Liv. 1, 57, 4:

(legiones) promiscuis militum commeatibus infirmaverat,

Tac. A. 15, 10; cf. id. H. 1, 46:

cum miles ad commeatus diem non adfuit,

on the day when the furlough expired, Quint. 7, 4, 14; cf. Auct. Her. 1, 14, 24:

commeatūs spatium excedere,

Dig. 49, 16, 14:

ultra commeatum abesse,

ib. 50, 1, 2, § 6.— Transf.:

cras igitur (sc. proficiscar), nisi quid a te commeatus,

Cic. Att. 13, 41 fin. dub. (al. commeat); v. Orell. N. cr.:

longum mihi commeatum dederat mala valetudo,

rest, Sen. Ep. 54, 1:

servitus assidua... sine intervallo, sine commeatu,

id. Q. N. 3, praef. § 16.—

A train, a convoy, caravan, a company carried, a transportation, trip, passage:

Londinium copiā negotiatorum et commeatuum maxime celebre,

Tac. A. 14, 33; 13, 39; Suet. Ner. 20:

duobus commeatibus exercitum reportare instituit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 23: secundum commeatum in Africam mittit ad Caesarem, Auct. B. Afr. 34: commeatibus per municipia ac colonias dispositis, supplies of provisions, relays of horses, etc., Suet. Tib. 38:

cerneres canes... per omnem nostrum commeatum morsibus ambulare,

App. M. 8, p. 209, 18.—

Provisions, supplies (very freq., esp. in the histt., in sing. and plur.): interclude inimicis commeatum;

tibi muni viam, Quā cibatus commeatusque ad te et legiones tuas Tuto possit pervenire,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70 sq.; cf.:

importare in coloniam,

id. Ep. 3, 2, 7:

ex omnibus provinciis commeatu et publico et privato prohibebamur,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53:

ne foro quidem et commeatu juvare populum Romanum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 52:

commeatu nostros prohibere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 9 fin.:

neque exercitum sine magno commeatu atque molimento in unum locum contrahere posse,

id. ib. 1, 34; Quint. 8, 6, 26:

maritimi,

Liv. 5, 54, 4:

ex montibus invecti,

id. 9, 13, 10:

advecti,

id. 9, 32, 2:

convecto,

id. 2, 14, 3 al.; Suet. Calig. 43:

magni commeatus frumenti Romam subvecti,

Liv. 28, 4, 7.—

Freq. opp. frumentum, the remaining supplies of war:

ad Vesontionem rei frumentariae commeatūsque causā moratur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

uti frumento commeatuque Caesarem intercluderet,

id. ib. 1, 48; 3, 6; 3, 23 fin.; cf. Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70 supra.—

Transf.:

commeatus argentarius,

gain acquired by money transactions, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 9.

commĕātus ( conm-), ūs, m. [id.].

A going to and fro, passing freely, going at will:

in eo conclavid ego perfodi parietem, Quā conmeatus clam esset hinc huc mulieri,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 65; cf.:

commeatum vocis exercent fauces,

Pall. 1, 3.—

Meton.

A place through which one can pass back and forth, a thoroughfare, passage (rare; cf.:

abitus, aditus, circuitus, etc.): nimis beat, quod conmeatus transtinet trans parietem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 58:

per hortum utroque conmeatus continet,

id. Stich. 3, 1, 44; Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 25.—

A leave of absence from one ' s station for a definite time, a furlough:

commeare, ultro citro ire: unde commeatus dari dicitur, id est tempus, quo ire, redire quis posset,

Fest. p. 277, 27 Müll.:

dare commeatum totius aestatis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 62:

petere,

Vell. 2, 11, 2; Suet. Tib. 10; id. Ner. 35; id. Galb. 6; id. Claud. 23:

sumere,

Liv. 3, 46, 10:

dare,

id. 3, 46, 9; Suet. Calig. 29:

accipere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2:

in commeatu esse,

to be on furlough, Liv. 33, 29, 4:

commeatu abesse,

Suet. Tib. 72; Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 9:

in iis stativis satis liberi commeatus erant,

Liv. 1, 57, 4:

(legiones) promiscuis militum commeatibus infirmaverat,

Tac. A. 15, 10; cf. id. H. 1, 46:

cum miles ad commeatus diem non adfuit,

on the day when the furlough expired, Quint. 7, 4, 14; cf. Auct. Her. 1, 14, 24:

commeatūs spatium excedere,

Dig. 49, 16, 14:

ultra commeatum abesse,

ib. 50, 1, 2, § 6.— Transf.:

cras igitur (sc. proficiscar), nisi quid a te commeatus,

Cic. Att. 13, 41 fin. dub. (al. commeat); v. Orell. N. cr.:

longum mihi commeatum dederat mala valetudo,

rest, Sen. Ep. 54, 1:

servitus assidua... sine intervallo, sine commeatu,

id. Q. N. 3, praef. § 16.—

A train, a convoy, caravan, a company carried, a transportation, trip, passage:

Londinium copiā negotiatorum et commeatuum maxime celebre,

Tac. A. 14, 33; 13, 39; Suet. Ner. 20:

duobus commeatibus exercitum reportare instituit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 23: secundum commeatum in Africam mittit ad Caesarem, Auct. B. Afr. 34: commeatibus per municipia ac colonias dispositis, supplies of provisions, relays of horses, etc., Suet. Tib. 38:

cerneres canes... per omnem nostrum commeatum morsibus ambulare,

App. M. 8, p. 209, 18.—

Provisions, supplies (very freq., esp. in the histt., in sing. and plur.): interclude inimicis commeatum;

tibi muni viam, Quā cibatus commeatusque ad te et legiones tuas Tuto possit pervenire,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70 sq.; cf.:

importare in coloniam,

id. Ep. 3, 2, 7:

ex omnibus provinciis commeatu et publico et privato prohibebamur,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53:

ne foro quidem et commeatu juvare populum Romanum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 52:

commeatu nostros prohibere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 9 fin.:

neque exercitum sine magno commeatu atque molimento in unum locum contrahere posse,

id. ib. 1, 34; Quint. 8, 6, 26:

maritimi,

Liv. 5, 54, 4:

ex montibus invecti,

id. 9, 13, 10:

advecti,

id. 9, 32, 2:

convecto,

id. 2, 14, 3 al.; Suet. Calig. 43:

magni commeatus frumenti Romam subvecti,

Liv. 28, 4, 7.—

Freq. opp. frumentum, the remaining supplies of war:

ad Vesontionem rei frumentariae commeatūsque causā moratur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

uti frumento commeatuque Caesarem intercluderet,

id. ib. 1, 48; 3, 6; 3, 23 fin.; cf. Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70 supra.—

Transf.:

commeatus argentarius,

gain acquired by money transactions, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 9.