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ictus, a, um, Part., from ico.

ictus, ūs ( gen. sing. icti, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 17), m. [ico], a blow, stroke, stab, thrust, bite, sting (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

a bestiis ictus, morsus, impetus,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19:

pro ictu gladiatoris,

id. Mil. 24, 65:

neque ictu comminus neque conjectione telorum,

id. Caecin. 15, 43:

scutis uno ictu pilorum transfixis et colligatis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

non caecis ictibus procul ex improviso vulnerabantur,

Liv. 34, 14, 11:

ictu scorpionis exanimato altero,

Caes. B. G. 7, 25, 3:

prope funeratus Arboris ictu,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 8:

ictus moenium cum terribili sonitu editi,

Liv. 38, 5, 3:

apri,

Ov. M. 8, 362; Hor. C. 3, 22, 7:

serpentum,

Plin. 23, 1, 11, § 14:

Lesbium servate pedem meique Pollicis ictum,

a striking, playing on the lyre, Hor. C. 4, 6, 36:

alae,

the stroke of a wing, Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9:

pennarum,

id. 6, 12, 13, § 32:

Phaethon ictu fulminis deflagravit,

a stroke of lightning, lightning, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94:

fulmineus,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 11; Ov. M. 14, 618.— Poet., of the beating rays of the sun:

tum spissa ramis laurea fervidos Excludet ictus,

Hor. C. 2, 15, 10:

solis,

Ov. M. 3, 183; 6, 49:

Phoebei,

id. ib. 5, 389 (al. ignes):

Phoebi,

Luc. 7, 214:

longe Ejaculatur aquas atque ictibus aëra rumpit,

with jets of water, Ov. M. 4, 124: saxaque cum saxis et habentem semina flammae Materiem jactant, ea concipit ictibus ignem, by their blows, i. e. collision, id. ib. 15, 348.—

In partic.

In prosody or in music, a beating time, a beat:

et pedum et digitorum ictu intervalla signant,

Quint. 9, 4, 51:

modulantium pedum,

Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209:

unde etiam trimetris accrescere jussit Nomen iambeis, cum senos redderet ictus Primus ad extremum similis sibi,

Hor. A. P. 253.—

A beat of the pulse:

ictus creber aut languidus,

Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 219.—

In mal. part.:

multorum,

Juv. 6, 126.—

Trop., a stroke, blow, attack, shot, etc.:

sublata erat de foro fides, non ictu aliquo novae calamitatis, sed suspicione, etc.,

Cic. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

nec illum habet ictum, quo pellat animum,

id. Fin. 2, 10, 32:

sub ictu nostro positum,

i. e. in our power, Sen. Ben. 2, 29; cf.:

stare sub ictu Fortunae,

Luc. 5, 729:

tua innocentia sub ictu est,

i. e. in imminent danger, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 9 fin.; cf. the opposite: Deum extra ictum sua divinitas posuit, beyond shot, i. e. out of danger, id. Ben. 1, 7:

eodem ictu temporis,

i. e. moment, Gell. 14, 1, 27; cf.:

singulis veluti ictibus bella transigere,

by separate attacks, Tac. H. 2, 38:

quae (legiones) si amnem Araxen ponte transgrederentur, sub ictum dabantur,

would have come to close quarters, id. A. 13, 39 fin.; cf.:

laetis ostentat ad Urbem Per campos superesse vim, Romamque sub ictu,

near at hand, before the eyes, Sil. 4, 42.—

(Cf. icio, II. A.) Ictus foederis, the conclusion of a treaty, Luc. 5, 372; Val. Max. 2, 7, 1.

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full of mistakes, shot with errors

lump, swelling / pellet, shot / mass of something.

abs-condo, condi and condĭdi, condĭtum and consum, 3, v. a. (abscondi, Tac. H. 3, 68; Curt. 6, 6; Gell. 17, 9; Caecil. and Pompon. ap. Non. 75, 25:

abscondidi,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 25; Sil. 8, 192:

absconsum,

Quint. Decl. 17, 15), to put away, conceal carefully, hide, secrete (the access. idea of a careful concealment distinguishes this word from its synn. abdo, celo, abstrudo, etc.).

Lit.:

est quiddam, quod occultatur, quod quo studiosius ab istis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 41 fin.:

nequiquam (eam) abdidi, abscondidi, abstrusam habebam,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 25: aurum secundum aram, Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 890 P.: fontes absconditi, Auct. ad Her. 4, 6, 9:

ensem in vulnere,

to bury, Sen. Thyest. 721 (cf.:

lateri abdidit ensem,

Verg. A. 2, 553; v. abdo, II. e); so,

abscondit in aëre telum,

i. e. shot it out of sight, Sil. 1, 316.— Pass., of stars, to set, and thus become invisible, Verg. G. 1, 221.—Hence,

In gen., to make invisible, to cover:

fluvium et campos caede,

Sil. 11, 522; so id. 17, 49.—

Poet., to put a place out of sight, to lose sight of, to depart from:

aërias Phaeacum abscondimus arces,

we leave behind, Verg. A. 3, 291 (cf. id. ib. 4, 154: transmittunt cursu campos).—

Trop.:

fugam furto,

to conceal flight, Verg. A. 4, 337: praenavigavimus vitam, et quemadmodum in mari, sic in hoc cursu rapidissimi temporis, primum pueritiam abscondimus, deinde adulescentiam, leave behind, outlive (cf. the prec., C.), Sen. Ep. 70, 2; Tac. A. 13, 16.— Hence, abscondĭtus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed, secret, unknown:

gladii absconditi,

Cic. Phil. 2, 108:

in tam absconditis insidiis,

id. Cat. 3, 1, 3:

jus pontificum,

id. Dom. 54, 138.— Adv.

abscondĭtē, of discourse.

Obscurely, abstrusely, Cic. Inv. 2, 23.—

Profoundly, Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2.—

absconsē (from absconsus), secretly, Hyg. Fab. 184; Firm. Math. 2, 2.

abs-condo, condi and condĭdi, condĭtum and consum, 3, v. a. (abscondi, Tac. H. 3, 68; Curt. 6, 6; Gell. 17, 9; Caecil. and Pompon. ap. Non. 75, 25:

abscondidi,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 25; Sil. 8, 192:

absconsum,

Quint. Decl. 17, 15), to put away, conceal carefully, hide, secrete (the access. idea of a careful concealment distinguishes this word from its synn. abdo, celo, abstrudo, etc.).

Lit.:

est quiddam, quod occultatur, quod quo studiosius ab istis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 41 fin.:

nequiquam (eam) abdidi, abscondidi, abstrusam habebam,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 25: aurum secundum aram, Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 890 P.: fontes absconditi, Auct. ad Her. 4, 6, 9:

ensem in vulnere,

to bury, Sen. Thyest. 721 (cf.:

lateri abdidit ensem,

Verg. A. 2, 553; v. abdo, II. e); so,

abscondit in aëre telum,

i. e. shot it out of sight, Sil. 1, 316.— Pass., of stars, to set, and thus become invisible, Verg. G. 1, 221.—Hence,

In gen., to make invisible, to cover:

fluvium et campos caede,

Sil. 11, 522; so id. 17, 49.—

Poet., to put a place out of sight, to lose sight of, to depart from:

aërias Phaeacum abscondimus arces,

we leave behind, Verg. A. 3, 291 (cf. id. ib. 4, 154: transmittunt cursu campos).—

Trop.:

fugam furto,

to conceal flight, Verg. A. 4, 337: praenavigavimus vitam, et quemadmodum in mari, sic in hoc cursu rapidissimi temporis, primum pueritiam abscondimus, deinde adulescentiam, leave behind, outlive (cf. the prec., C.), Sen. Ep. 70, 2; Tac. A. 13, 16.— Hence, abscondĭtus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed, secret, unknown:

gladii absconditi,

Cic. Phil. 2, 108:

in tam absconditis insidiis,

id. Cat. 3, 1, 3:

jus pontificum,

id. Dom. 54, 138.— Adv.

abscondĭtē, of discourse.

Obscurely, abstrusely, Cic. Inv. 2, 23.—

Profoundly, Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2.—

absconsē (from absconsus), secretly, Hyg. Fab. 184; Firm. Math. 2, 2.

abs-condo, condi and condĭdi, condĭtum and consum, 3, v. a. (abscondi, Tac. H. 3, 68; Curt. 6, 6; Gell. 17, 9; Caecil. and Pompon. ap. Non. 75, 25:

abscondidi,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 25; Sil. 8, 192:

absconsum,

Quint. Decl. 17, 15), to put away, conceal carefully, hide, secrete (the access. idea of a careful concealment distinguishes this word from its synn. abdo, celo, abstrudo, etc.).

Lit.:

est quiddam, quod occultatur, quod quo studiosius ab istis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 41 fin.:

nequiquam (eam) abdidi, abscondidi, abstrusam habebam,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 25: aurum secundum aram, Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 890 P.: fontes absconditi, Auct. ad Her. 4, 6, 9:

ensem in vulnere,

to bury, Sen. Thyest. 721 (cf.:

lateri abdidit ensem,

Verg. A. 2, 553; v. abdo, II. e); so,

abscondit in aëre telum,

i. e. shot it out of sight, Sil. 1, 316.— Pass., of stars, to set, and thus become invisible, Verg. G. 1, 221.—Hence,

In gen., to make invisible, to cover:

fluvium et campos caede,

Sil. 11, 522; so id. 17, 49.—

Poet., to put a place out of sight, to lose sight of, to depart from:

aërias Phaeacum abscondimus arces,

we leave behind, Verg. A. 3, 291 (cf. id. ib. 4, 154: transmittunt cursu campos).—

Trop.:

fugam furto,

to conceal flight, Verg. A. 4, 337: praenavigavimus vitam, et quemadmodum in mari, sic in hoc cursu rapidissimi temporis, primum pueritiam abscondimus, deinde adulescentiam, leave behind, outlive (cf. the prec., C.), Sen. Ep. 70, 2; Tac. A. 13, 16.— Hence, abscondĭtus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed, secret, unknown:

gladii absconditi,

Cic. Phil. 2, 108:

in tam absconditis insidiis,

id. Cat. 3, 1, 3:

jus pontificum,

id. Dom. 54, 138.— Adv.

abscondĭtē, of discourse.

Obscurely, abstrusely, Cic. Inv. 2, 23.—

Profoundly, Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2.—

absconsē (from absconsus), secretly, Hyg. Fab. 184; Firm. Math. 2, 2.

anceps (once ancipes, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 114; cf. Charis, pp. 67 and 96 P.; Prisc. p. 754 P.; with this form cf. procapis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 225 Müll., and Corss. Ausspr. II. pp. 398, 591; abl. sing. always ancipiti), cĭpĭtis, adj. [an-caput; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 19 Müll.].

Lit., that has two heads, twoheaded (cf.: biceps, praeceps, etc.;

so only in the poets): Janus,

Ov. M. 14, 334; so id. F. 1, 95 (cf.:

Janus bifrons,

Verg. A. 7, 180). —Hence also of a mountain which has two summits, two-peaked:

acumen,

Ov. M. 12, 337.—

In gen.

1.. Of an object whose qualities have significance in two respects, double, that extends on two opposite sides (while duplex is an object that exists in separate forms, twice. Thus anceps sententia is an opinion which wavers, fluctuates between two decisions, while duplex sententia is a twofold opinion):

Post altrinsecus ancipes securiculast,

the axe cuts on two sides, is two-edged, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 114; so, ferrum, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 245, 17, and Lucr. 6, 168:

securis,

Ov. M. 8, 397 al. —Also, poet., of the contrast between great heat and cold: Ancipiti quoniam mucroni utrimque notantur, since things are marked by double point, i. e. one at one, another at the other end, Lucr. 2, 520:

bestiae quasi ancipites in utrāque sede viventes,

amphibious animals, Cic. N. D. 1, 37;

so in the histt. freq. of an attack, a contest, etc., on two different sides,

Caes. B. G. 7, 76: ita ancipiti proelio diu atque acriter pugnatum est, double, because contending with enemies both in front and in the rear, id. ib. 1, 26 Herz.; so id. B. C. 3, 63; Nep. Them. 3, 3:

periculum,

Sall. J. 38, 5: ancipitem pugnam hostibus facere, double, as given by horse and foot, Tac. A. 6, 35:

ancipiti metu et ab cive et ab hoste,

twofold, Liv. 2, 24; so,

anceps terror,

id. 34, 21; Tac. Agr. 26:

tumultus,

Liv. 32, 30: tela, shot or hurled from both sides, id. 37, 11:

ancipitia munimenta,

on two sides, id. 5, 1 al. —

Trop., twofold:

propter ancipitem faciendi dicendique sapientiam,

Cic. de Or. 3, 16:

ancipites viae rationesque et pro omnibus et contra omnia disputandi,

id. ib. 3, 36:

adferre ancipitem curam cogitandi,

a twofold care of thought, id. Off. 1, 3, 9; so Tac. A. 2, 40:

jus anceps,

the uncertainties of law, Hor. S. 2, 5, 34 al. —

Wavering, doubtful, uncertain, unfixed, undecided (the prevalent signif. in Cic.):

anceps fatorum via,

Cic. Somn. Scip. 2:

incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli,

id. Marcell. 5:

anceps proelii fortuna,

Tac. H. 3, 18:

oraculum,

Liv. 9, 3:

proelium,

id. 2, 62, and Tac. H. 3, 22;

so esp. freq.: ancipiti Marte pugnare,

to contend without deciding the contest, Liv. 7, 29; 21, 1 al.:

causa anceps,

Cic. de Or. 2, 44:

genus causarum anceps,

id. Inv. 1, 15, 20 (cf.: genus causarum dubium, Auct. ad Her. 1, 3:

dubium vel anceps,

Quint. 4, 1, 10):

fides,

uncertain, wavering, fidelity, Curt. 3, 8;

so also, ancipites animi,

Luc. 9, 46.—Also ellipt.: Lucanus an Apulus, anceps, doubtful whether, etc., * Hor. S. 2, 1, 34.—

Dangerous, hazaraous, perilous, critical (post-Aug.; esp. freq. in Tac.;

never in Cic.): viae,

Ov. M. 14, 438:

loca,

Nep. Dat. 7, 3:

dubiā et interdum ancipiti fortunā,

Vell. 2, 79:

anceps periculum,

Tac. A. 4, 59:

ancipites morbi corporis,

Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 149:

cujus (Antonii) operā ex ancipiti morbo convaluerat,

Suet. Aug. 59:

Ideo et purgationibus (labruscum) ancipitem putant,

Plin. 23, 1, 14, § 20:

vox pro re publicā honesta, ipsi anceps,

pernicious, Tac. H. 1, 5:

adulatio anceps si nulla et ubi nimia est,

id. A. 4, 17.—So subst., danger, hazard, peril, = periculum, discrimen:

dubiā suorum re in anceps tractus vim legionum implorabat,

Tac. A. 4, 73:

seu nihil militi seu omnia concederentur, in ancipiti res publica,

id. ib. 1, 36:

scelus inter ancipitia probatum,

id. ib. 11, 26;

14, 22: facilius inter ancipitia clarescunt,

id. G. 14:

nova ambigua ancipitia malebat,

id. H. 2, 86:

inter ancipitia deterrimum est media sequi,

id. ib. 3, 40.

► Comp., sup., and adv. not used.

arbustum, i, n. [qs. for arbosetum from arbos, as virgultum for virguletum, salictum for salicetum, etc.; an inferior form is arboretum, q. v.], a place where trees are planted (esp. trees, about which the vine was trained), an orchard, plantation, vineyard planted with trees, dendrôn (while vinea was one in which the vine lay upon the earth, or was supported by poles):

Jam vinctae vites, jam falcem arbusta reponunt,

Verg. G. 2, 416.

Lit.:

vinea est prima... septimo silva caedua, octavo arbustum, nono glandaria silva,

Cato, R. R. 1, 7:

In fundo suum quicquid conseri oportet arbustoque vitem copulari,

id. ib. 7, 1; Cic. Sen. 15, 54; Col. 5, 6, 37; 5, 7, 1; id. Arb. 1, 3; 16, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 207; Pall. Feb. 10, 1; Hor. C. 3, 1, 10; id. S. 1, 7, 29 al.—

Transf., for the most part in the plur. collect. for arbores, in the poets, on account of its quantity, ārbŏrēs: locos, Ingenio arbusta ubi nata sunt, non obsita, Naev. ap. Non. p. 323, 2 (Trag. Rel. p. 10 Rib.):

e terrāque exorta repente arbusta salirent,

trees springing up suddenly from the earth, shot forth, Lucr. 1, 187:

florescunt tempore certo arbusta,

trees blossom at the appointed time, id. 5, 671; so id. 1, 351; 1, 806; 1, 808; 2, 188; 2, 1016; 5, 912; 5, 1378; 6, 141; Verg. E. 1, 40; 2, 13; 4, 2; 5, 64; id. G. 3, 328; id. Copa, 27; id. A. 10, 363; Ov. M. 1, 286; 2, 710 al.—So also perh. in the sing. for a single tree:

cum me arbustum videre Miconis incidere falce,

Verg. E. 3, 10.—In the Vulg. only in plur., and there for rami, boughs, branches: arbusta ejus (vitis) cedros Dei, Psa. 79, 11: Multiplicata sunt arbusta ejus, Ezech. 31, 5; 31, 7; 31, 12.

Chĭŏnē, ēs, f., = Chionê.

A daughter of Dœdation, mother of Autolycus by Mercury, and of the musician Philammon by Apollo, shot by Diana, Ov. M. 11, 301 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 200.—

A daughter of Boreas and Orithyia, and mother of Eumolpus; hence Chīŏnĭdes, ae, = Eumolpus, Ov. P. 3, 3, 41 dub. (Merkel, Edonides).