a+term+of+abuse

sĭlĭcernĭum, ii, n.

A funeral feast, Caecil. ap. Fest. p. 294 Müll.; Varr. ap. Non. 48, 9; Mart. Cap. 8, § 805; cf.

Becker, Gallus, vol. 3, p. 296 (2d ed.).—Hence, a term of abuse applied to an old man: te exercebo hodie, silicernium,

drybones, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 48; for which, in masc.: sĭlĭcernĭus, Cinc. ap. Fulg. 560, 21.—

A kind of sausage, Arn. 7, 229.

sĭlĭcernĭum, ii, n.

A funeral feast, Caecil. ap. Fest. p. 294 Müll.; Varr. ap. Non. 48, 9; Mart. Cap. 8, § 805; cf.

Becker, Gallus, vol. 3, p. 296 (2d ed.).—Hence, a term of abuse applied to an old man: te exercebo hodie, silicernium,

drybones, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 48; for which, in masc.: sĭlĭcernĭus, Cinc. ap. Fulg. 560, 21.—

A kind of sausage, Arn. 7, 229.

sīmĭa, ae, f. (rarely m.), or sīmĭus, ii, m. [etym. dub.; perh. akin with similis].

An ape, Plin. 8, 54, 80, § 215; 11, 44, 100, § 246; Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97 (Sat. v. 45 Vahl.); Cic. Div. 1, 34, 76; 2, 32, 69; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 7; 2, 2, 23; 2, 2, 106; id. Rud. 3, 1, 6 sq.; 3, 4, 66; Quint. 5, 11, 30 al. —Form simius, Phaedr. 1, 10, 6; 1, 10, 8; Mart. 14, 202; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 303.—

Esp.

As a term of abuse (hence even simia in the masc.): quis hic est simia, qui, etc., Afran. ap. Charis. p. 84; so, simia, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 2: simius, Laber. ap. Charis. l. l.; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 1.—

Of imitators: vide, ut fastidit simia! Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 4; so, simia, Plin Ep. 1, 5, 2; Capitol. Max. jun. 1; Sid. Ep. 1, 1:

simius,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 18; Sen. Contr. 4, 26 fin.

sordes, is (abl. sordi, Lucr. 6, 1271; usu. sorde), f. [sordeo], dirt, filth, uncleanness, squalor (class.; esp. freq. in a trop. sense, and in plur.; syn.: situs, squalor, caenum, illuvies).

Lit.

Plur.:

pleni sordium,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 104 sq.:

in sordibus aurium inhaerescere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144:

sint sine sordibus ungues,

Ov. A. A. 1, 519:

caret obsoleti Sordibus tecti,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 7; Plin. 36, 26, 65, § 191.—

Sing.:

etiam in medio oculo paulum sordi'st,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 102:

auriculae collectā sorde dolentes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 53:

(pellis) Ulceribus tetris prope jam sordique sepultā,

Lucr. 6, 1271.—

Transf., plur., a mourning garment (because usu. soiled or dirty); and hence, mourning in gen. (syn. squalor):

jacere in lacrimis et sordibus,

Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 2; cf.:

in sordibus, lamentis, luctuque jacuisti,

id. Pis. 36, 89:

mater squalore hujus et sordibus laetatur,

id. Clu. 6, 18; 67, 192; id. Mur. 40, 86:

sordes lugubres vobis erant jucundae,

id. Dom. 23, 59; Liv. 6, 16 fin.; Quint. 6, 1, 33; Suet. Vit. 8:

suscipere sordes,

Tac. A. 4, 52; id. Or. 12; Val. Max. 7, 8, 7.—

Trop., lowness or meanness of rank, a low condition; meanness, baseness of behavior or disposition (syn. illiberalitas).

In gen.:

sordes fortunae et vitae,

Cic. Brut. 62, 224:

obscuritas et sordes tuae,

id. Vatin. 5, 11; id. Sest. 28, 60:

ut quisque sordidissimus videbitur, ita libentissime severitate judicandi sordes suas eluet,

id. Phil. 1, 8, 20:

nulla nota, nullus color, nullae sordes videbantur his sententiis allini posse,

id. Verr. 1, 6, 17:

in infamiā relinqui ac sordibus,

id. Att. 1, 16, 2; Liv. 4, 56:

sordes illae verborum,

low, vulgar expressions, Tac. Or. 21:

propter maternas sordes,

low origin, Just. 13, 2, 11:

pristinarum sordium oblitus,

id. 25, 1, 9; cf. id. 18, 7, 11.—

Concr., the dregs of the people, the mob, rabble (syn. faex):

apud sordem urbis et faecem,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 11; so (with caenum) Plin. Ep. 7, 29, 3:

sordes et obscuritatem Vitellianarum partium,

Tac. H. 1, 84.—Hence, as a term of abuse:

o lutum, o sordes!

low-minded creature, Cic. Pis. 26, 62.—

In partic., meanness, stinginess, niggardliness, sordidness (cf.: parcimonia, avaritia).

Plur.:

(populus Romanus) non amat profusas epulas, sordes et inhumanitatem multo minus,

Cic. Mur. 36, 76; so (opp. luxuria) Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 7:

damnatus sordium,

id. ib. 2, 12, 4:

incusare alicujus sordes,

Quint. 6, 3, 74:

sordes obicere alicui,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 68 and 107:

sepulcrum sine sordibus exstrue,

id. ib. 2, 5, 105:

cogit minimas ediscere sordes,

the meanest tricks, Juv. 14 124; 1, 140.—

Sing.:

nullum hujus in privatis rebus factum avarum, nullam in re familiari sordem posse proferri,

Cic. Fl. 3, 7; so (with avaritia) Tac. H. 1, 52; 1, 60:

extremae avaritiae et sordis infimae infamis,

App. M. 1, p. 112, 2.

stăbŭlum, i, n. [sto], a standing-place, abode, habitation, dwelling.

In gen. (very rare;

perh. only in the foll. passages): stabile stabulum,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 56; cf.:

nusquam stabulum est confidentiae,

id. Most. 2, 1, 3:

DOMESTICORVM ET STABVLI SACRI,

Inscr. Orell. 1134.—

A stoppingplace or abode for animals or persons of the lower class (freq. and class.).

For animals, a stall, stable, enclosure of any kind (cf. praesepe):

ovium,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, [p. 1750] 19:

pecudum, boum, etc.,

Col. 1, 6, 4; 6, 23, 2; Verg. G. 3, 295; 3, 302; Hor. C. 1, 4, 3 al.; cf.:

pastorum stabula,

Cic. Sest. 5, 12:

avium cohortalium,

Col. 8, 1, 3:

pavonum,

i. e. an aviary, id. 8, 11, 3:

piscium,

i. e. a fishpond, id. 8, 17 7:

apium,

i. e. a beehive, Verg. G. 4, 14; 4, 191; Col. 9, 6, 4:

stabula ferarum,

lairs, haunts, Verg. A. 6, 179; cf. id. ib. 10, 723:

a stabulis tauros avertit,

pasture, id. ib. 8, 207; 8, 213.—

Poet., transf., herds, flocks, droves, etc.:

stabuli nutritor Iberi,

i. e. Spanish sheep, Mart. 8, 28, 5:

mansueta,

Grat. Cyn. 154.—

Of humble houses.

A dwelling like a stable, cottage, hut:

pastorum,

Cic. Sest. 5, 12:

ardua tecta stabuli,

Verg. A. 7, 512; Liv. 1, 4, 7; Just. 1, 4, 11.—

Esp., a public-house, pothouse, tavern, hostelry, etc.:

cauponam vel stabulum exercere,

Dig. 4, 9, 1; Petr. 6, 3; 8, 2; 16, 4; 79, 5; 97, 1; Plin. Ep. 6, 19, 4; Mart. 6, 94, 3; App. M. 1, p. 104, 9; Spart. Sev. 1 al.—Such pothouses were also the usual abode of prostitutes, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 56.—Hence,

Stabulum = lupanar, a brothel, house of ill - fame:

pro cubiculis stabula,

Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69.—

As a term of abuse:

stabulum flagitii,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 31:

nequitiae,

id. Cas. 2, 1, 13:

servitritium,

id. Pers. 3, 3, 13.—On account of his intercourse with king Nicomedes, the nickname of stabulum Nicomedis was given to Cæsar, acc. to Suet. Caes. 49.

stercus, ŏris, n. [Gr. skôr; gen. skatos, dung; Sanscr. cakrt = sakart].

Lit., dung, excrements, ordure (syn.:

fimus, merda),

Varr. R. R. 1, 38; Col. 2, 15; Cato, R. R. 29; 37; Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57; Hor. Epod. 12, 11 al.; Fest. p. 344 Müll.; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 32 ib., and Fest. s. v. Quando stercus, pp. 258 and 259 ib.; Juv. 14, 64.—Prov.:

aurum in stercore quaerere,

Cassiod. Inst. Div. Lit. 1, p. 510.—

As a term of abuse:

nolo stercus curiae dici Glauciam,

Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 164.—

Transf.:

ferri,

i. e. dross, slag, Scrib. Comp. 188.

stĭmŭlus, i, m. [for stig-mulus, from the root stig; Gr. stizô; v. stilus].

A goad for driving cattle, slaves, etc. (class., [p. 1760] esp. in the trop. sense).

Lit.:

jam lora teneo, jam stimulum in manu: Agite equi, etc.,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 112:

parce, puer, stimulis, et fortius utere loris,

Ov. M. 2, 127:

aut stimulo tardos increpuisse boves,

Tib. 1, 1, 30 (12); cf. Ov. M. 14, 647:

ita te forabunt patibulatum per vias Stimulis,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 54:

aliquem stimulo fodere,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 40:

dum te stimulis fodiam,

Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 86:

numquam stimulo lacessat juvencum,

Col. 2, 2, 26.—As a term of abuse of slaves:

stimulorum seges,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 6; cf. id. Cas. 2, 8, 11:

stimulorum tritor,

id. Pers. 5, 2, 17.—Prov.:

si stimulos pugnis caedis, manibus plus dolet,

i. e. an evil is aggravated by foolish opposition, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 55; cf.:

advorsum stimulum calces,

kick against the pricks, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 28.—

Trop., a goad (as in Engl., either that which vexes, irritates, torments, or, more freq., that which spurs on, incites, stimulates).

A sting, torment, pang:

mens sibi conscia factis... adhibet stimulos torretque flagellis,

Lucr. 3, 1019; cf.:

subesse caecum aliquem cordi stimulum,

id. 3, 874:

ne illa stimulum longum habet, quae usque illinc cor pungit meum,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 79:

stimulos doloris contemnere,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 27, 66; cf.:

(res malae) lacerant, vexant, stimulos admovent, etc.,

id. ib. 3, 16, 35:

stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

Ov. M. 1, 726.—

A spur, incentive, incitement, stimulus:

animum gloriae stimulis concitare,

Cic. Arch. 11, 29:

quidam industriae ac laboris (with illecebrae libidinum),

id. Cael. 5, 12:

quot stimulos admoverit homini victoriae studioso,

id. Sest. 5, 12; cf.:

defendendi Vatinii,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 19:

omnia pro stimulis facibusque ciboque furoris Accipit,

Ov. M. 6, 480:

ardet, et injusti stimulis agitatur amoris,

id. F. 2, 779:

non hostili modo odio sed amoris etiam stimulis,

Liv. 30, 14, 1:

ad hanc voluntatem ipsius naturae stimulis incitamur,

Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3:

ad dicendum etiam pudor stimulos habet,

Quint. 10, 7, 16:

agrariae legis tribuniciis stimulis plebs furebat,

Liv. 2, 54; cf.:

acriores quippe aeris alieni stimulos esse,

id. 6, 11:

subdere stimulos animo,

id. 6, 34:

in aliquem stimulis accendi,

Tac. H. 3, 45; cf.:

suis stimulis excitos Moesiae duces,

id. ib. 3, 53:

secundae res acrioribus stimulis animos explorant,

id. ib. 1, 15:

acres Subjectat lasso stimulos,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 94:

stimulos sub pectore vertit Apollo,

Verg. A. 6, 101:

movere acres stimulos irarum,

Luc. 2, 324:

accensae stimulis majoribus irae,

Stat. Th. 11, 497:

dare stimulos laudum,

id. Achill. 1, 203.—

In milit. lang., a pointed stake concealed beneath the surface of the ground, to repel hostile troops (syn.:

sudes, stipes),

Caes. B. G. 7, 73 fin.:

se stimulis induere,

id. ib. 7, 82.

tūber, ĕris, n. [from root tum, tumeo], a hump, bump, swelling, tumor, protuberance on animal bodies, whether natural or caused by disease.

Lit.:

cameli,

Plin. 8, 18, 26, § 67:

boum,

id. 8, 45, 70, § 179:

tubera... anserino adipe curantur,

tumors, id. 30, 12, 33, § 107; so id. 22, 24, 50, § 107; 26, 14, 87, § 139 al.; cf.: colaphis tuber est totum caput, is one boil, i. e. is full of boils, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 37.—Prov.:

ubi uber, ibi tuber,

there are no roses without thorns, App. Flor. p. 359, 29: qui ne tuberibus propriis offendat amicum Postulat, ignoscet verrucis illius, boils... warts, for great and slight faults, Hor. S. 1, 3, 73. —

Transf., of plants.

A knob, hard excrescence on wood:

tuber utrumque arboris ejus,

Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68; 16, 43. 84, § 231; 25, 8, 54, § 95.—

A kind of mushroom, a truffle, moril, a favorite article of food among the Romans, Plin. 19, 2, 11, § 33:

tenerrima verno esse,

id. 19, 3, 13, § 37 sq.; Juv. 5, 116; 5, 119; 14, 7; Mart. 13, 50, 2.—

Tuber terrae.

Mole-hill, as a term of abuse, Petr. 58.—

Another name for the cyclaminon, Plin. 25, 9, 67, § 115.

tŭber, ĕris, m. and f.

Fem., a kind of apple-tree, Plin. 16, 25, 42, § 103; Col. 11, 2, 11; Pall. Jan. 15, 20; id. Sept. 14, 1.—

Masc., the fruit of this tree, Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 47; Mart. 13, 42, 1; 13, 43, 2; Suet. Dom. 16.

văcerra, ae, f., a log, stock, post.

Lit., Col. 9, 1, 3; 9, 1, 9; 6, 19, 2.—

Transf., like stipes, and our stock, block, as a term of abuse applied to a stupid person: vecorde et malefica vacerra, Liy. Andron. ap. Fest. p. 375 Müll. (Com. Fragm. v. 7 Rib.).

vĕnēfĭcus, a, um, adj. [venenum-facio], poisoning, poisonous; sorcerous, magic, magical.

Adj.:

verba,

Ov. M. 14, 365:

artes,

Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 17:

aspectus,

id. 28, 3, 6, § 30:

chamaeleon,

Sol. 25 med.:

percussor,

Curt. 4, 11, 18.—

Substt.: vĕnēfĭ-cus, i, m., a poisoner, sorcerer, wizard; and vĕnēfĭca, ae, f., a sorceress, witch, Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7; id. Inv. 2, 19, 58; Quint. 9, 2, 105; Sen. Ira, 1, 16, 1; id. Ben. 5, 13, 4; Quint. 7, 8, 2; Hor. Epod. 5, 71; Ov. H. 6, 19; id. M. 7, 316 (of Medea); Sen. Ep. 9, 6.— Fem., as a term of abuse, Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 7; Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 9; Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 11, 25.

verna, ae, comm. [root vas, to dwell; Sanscr. vāstu, house; Gr. astu, city], a slave born in his master's house, a homeborn slave.

Lit.:

vernas alere,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 104; id. Am. 1, 1, 24; Just. 38, 6, 7; Val. Max. 3, 4, 3; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2; Hor. Epod. 2, 65; id. S. 1, 2, 117; 2, 6, 66.—In gen. fem., Inscr. Orell. 1320.—

Such slaves were trained up as buffoons or jesters,

Mart. 1, 42, 2; cf. Sen. Prov. 1, 6;

and v. vernilitas.—As a term of abuse,

Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 13.—

Transf., a native:

de plebe Remi Numaeque verna, Jucundus, etc.,

Mart. 10, 76, 4; cf.:

Romanos vernas appellabant, id est ibidem natos,

Fest. p. 372 Müll.—Hence,

Adj.: ver-nus, a, um, native:

apri,

Mart. 1, 50, 24:

lupi,

id. 10, 30, 21:

tuberes,

id. 13, 43, 2:

liber,

i. e. written in Rome, id. 3, 1, 6.

scĕlestus, a, um, adj. [scelus; like funestus, from funus], wicked, villanous, infamous, accursed, abominable; knavish, roguish; and subst., a wicked person, a knave, rogue, scoundrel, miscreant (freq. ante-class. in Plaut. and Ter.; after the class. per. sceleratus is more freq.; by Cic. not used of persons).

Lit., of persons:

ego sum malus, Ego sum sacer, scelestus,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 14:

eheu, scelestus galeam in navi perdidi,

id. Rud. 3, 5, 22:

perjuravisti, sceleste,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 120 sq.:

o scelestum atque audacem hominem!

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 41; Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 36; id. Merc. 1, 90; id. Ps. 3, 2, 103 et saep.; Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 17; id. Ad. 2, 1, 5; id. Eun. 1, 1, 26 al.; Sall. C. 51, 32; 52, 15; Quint. 2, 16, 2; Hor. C. 2, 4, 17; 3, 2, 31; 3, 11, 39; id. Epod. 7, 1.— Comp., Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 5; id. Cist. 4, 1, 8; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 22 al.— Sup., Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 2.—As a term of reproach or abuse: sceleste, scelesta, etc., you knave! you wretch! sceleste. Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 120; 1, 3. 126; Ter. And. 4, 4, 51; id Eun. 4, 4, 1; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 71:

scelesta,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 23; id. Most. 1, 3, 26; Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 1; 5, 1, 16:

scelesti,

Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 28; cf. sup.:

scelestissime, audes mihi praedicare id?

you arrant rogue! id. Am. 2, 1, 11.—Of things:

scelestum ac nefarium facinus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

res scelesta, atrox, nefaria,

id. ib. 22, 62:

numquam quidquam facinus feci pejus neque scelestius,

Plaut. Men. 3, 1, 2:

scelesto facinori scelestiorem sermonem addidit,

Liv. 5, 27:

scelestae hae sunt aedes, impia est habitatio,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 73:

scelestior cena,

id. Rud. 2, 6, 24:

lingua,

id. Am. 2, 1, 7:

facta,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 139:

ser-vitus,

id. Curc. 1, 1, 40:

vacuam domum scelestis nuptiis fecisse,

Sall. C. 15, 2:

servitium,

id. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 9 Dietsch:

malitia,

Phaedr. 2, 4, 5.—

Transf., in Plaut. for sceleratus (B. 2.), baleful, calamitous, unlucky, unfortunate:

scelestiorem ego annum argento faenori Numquam ullum vidi,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 1:

me (vidisti) adeo scelestum, qui, etc.,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 123; id. Cas. 3, 5, 34:

ne ego sum miser, Scelestus,

id. Most. 3, 1, 36; id. Capt. 3, 5, 104; id. As. 5, 2, 6; id. Rud. 3, 5, 22; id. Men. 3, 1, 2; id. Cist. 4, 2, 17; cf.

scelesta, vae te!

Cat. 8, 15 Ellis ad loc.— Adv.: scĕlestē (acc. to. I.), wickedly, viciously, impiously, abominably, detestably:

sceleste atque impie facere,

Liv. 24, 25:

parta bona,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 22:

insimulare,

Vell. 2, 60, 3:

exercere arma,

Val. Max. 5, 1, 3.— Comp.:

interit pudor,

Aug. Ep. 202.—Humorously: tu sceleste suspi-caris, ego aphelôs scripsi, roguishly, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8.