ab+oculo

ex-cŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, 3 (archaic perf. subj. excussit, for excusserit, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 16), v. a. [quatio], to shake out or off, to cast out, drive out, to send forth (class., esp. in the trop. sense).

Lit.

In gen.:

posse ex his (litteris) in terram excussis annales Ennii, ut deinceps legi possint, effici,

shaken out, Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 94:

equus excussit equitem,

threw off, Liv. 8, 7, 10:

excussus equo,

Verg. A. 11, 640:

excussus curru,

id. ib. 10, 590; Suet. Caes. 37; Curt. 3, 11; cf.:

lectis excussit utrumque,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 112:

gubernatorem in mare e puppi,

Curt. 4, 4 med.; cf.

also: ancora ictu ipso excussa e nave sua,

Liv. 37, 30, 9:

lapide clavum,

to knock off, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 10:

pulvis digitis excutiendus erit,

Ov. A. A. 1, 150:

poculum e manibus,

Pers. 3, 101:

ignem de crinibus,

to shake off, Ov. M. 12, 281:

rem de manu alicujus,

to strike out, Dig. 47, 2, 53, § 13:

Pelion subjectā Ossā (Juppiter),

Ov. M. 1, 155:

poma venti,

to cast down, shake down, id. ib. 14, 764 et saep.:

ne nucifrangibula (i. e. dentes) excussit ex malis meis,

to knock out, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 16; cf.:

cerebrum alicui,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 69; id. Aul. 2, 1, 29:

oculum alicui cyatho, verberibus,

id. Pers. 5, 2, 16; Suet. Tib. 53; cf.:

oculo excusso,

id. Caes. 68: ipso cum domino calce omnes excutiamus, to drive out or forth, Lucil. ap. Non. 298, 33:

Teucros vallo,

Verg. A. 9, 68:

hostem oppidis et regionibus,

Flor. 2, 6, 42:

ab obsidione Nolae urbis (with pellere a Campania),

id. ib. 29:

feras cubilibus,

to scare, rouse up, Plin. Pan. 81, 1:

si flava excutitur Chloë,

be shaken off, cast off, Hor. C. 3, 9, 19:

(viros) excussos patriā infesta sequi,

Verg. A. 7, 299:

ut me excutiam atque egrediar domo,

take myself off, decamp, Ter. Ph. 4, 1, 20:

quartanas,

to drive away, Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 56 et saep.:

(leo) gaudet comantes Excutiens cervice toros,

shaking about, shaking, Verg. A. 12, 7; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 71:

caesariem,

Ov. M. 4, 492:

pennas,

id. ib. 6, 703:

habenas,

id. ib. 5, 404; cf.:

nares inflare et movere... et pulso subito spiritu excutere, etc.,

to blow up, dilate, Quint. 11, 3, 80:

se (gallinae edito ovo),

Plin. 10, 41, 57, § 116:

tela,

to hurl, discharge, Tac. A. 2, 20; cf. Curt. 8, 13:

fulmen in Thebas,

Stat. Th. 10, 69:

excussaque brachia jacto,

tossed, Ov. M. 5, 596; id. H. 18, 189:

(aër) Excussit calidum flammis velocibus ignem,

sends out, produces, Lucr. 6, 688; cf. id. 6, 161: largum imbrem (procellae), Curt. 4, 7:

lacrimas alicui,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 59; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 15:

vomitum alicui,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 15:

sudorem,

Nep. Eum. 5 et saep.— Transf.:

excutior somno,

I am roused from sleep, Verg. A. 2, 302; Ov. H. 13, 111; Hor. S. 2, 6, 112.—

In partic., to shake out, shake.

Esp. a garment, to free it from dust:

vexatam solo vestem,

Petr. 128, 4; Vulg. Act. 18, 6; cf.:

excutere de pulvere,

shake yourself, Vulg. Isa. 52, 2; and:

pulverem de pedibus,

id. Matt. 10, 14.—

To stir, move any thing to see under it; and hence, to search, examine a person: St. Di me perdant, si ego tui quicquam abstuli. Eu. Agedum, excutedum pallium, Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 19; so,

culcitisque et stragulis praetentatis et excussis,

Suet. Claud. 35.—With personal objects: excutiuntur tabellarii, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 4; cf.:

verum (porcellum) ut subesse pallio contenderent Et excuti juberent,

Phaedr. 5, 5, 19:

non excutio te, si quid forte ferri habuisti: non scrutor,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97.

Trop.

In gen., to shake out or off, force away, etc.:

omnes istorum delicias, omnes ineptias,

to shake off, discard, Cic. Cael. 28, 67:

noli aculeos orationis meae, qui reconditi sunt, excussos arbitrari,

plucked out, removed, id. Sull. 16, 47:

omnia ista nobis studia de manibus excutiuntur,

are torn, wrested from our hands, id. Mur. 14, 30; cf.:

hanc excutere opinionem mihimet volui radicitus,

id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

severitatem veterem,

id. Fam. 9, 10, 2; cf.

also: excutient tibi istam verborum jactationem,

id. Sull. 8, 24:

excute corde metum,

remove, banish, Ov. M. 3, 689:

diros amores,

id. ib. 10, 426:

orbem paci excutere,

to banish peace from the world, Luc. 1, 69:

omnis quae erat conceptae mentis intentio mora et interdum iracundia excutitur,

Quint. 10, 3, 20:

quem (Senecam) non equidem omnino conabar excutere,

id. 10, 1, 126:

aliena negotia curo, excussus propriis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 20:

dummodo risum excutiat sibi,

can raise, produce, id. ib. 1, 4, 35. —

In partic. (acc. to I. B.), to search, examine, inspect, investigate:

explicando excutiendoque verbo,

Cic. Part. Or. 36, 134; cf.: pervulgata atque in manibus jactata et excussa, qs. shaken out, i. e. examined, id. Mur. 12. 26:

illud excutiendum est, ut sciatur quid sit carere,

id. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

quae fere omnia Cicero in crimine veneficii excutit,

Quint. 5, 7, 37; 12, 8, 13:

totum locum,

id. 5, 7, 6:

aut conjecturā excutiuntur, an vera sint, etc.,

id. 5, 13, 19 et saep.— Hence, excussus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, extended, stiff (post-Aug. and rare):

interest, utrum tela excusso lacerto torqueantur, an remissa manu effluant,

Sen. Ben. 2, 6; so,

lacerto,

Ov. H. 4, 43:

palma excussissima,

Petr. 95.— Adv.: excussē, strongly, violently:

mittere pilam (with rigide, opp. languidius),

Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 4.

festūca, ae, f., a stalk, stem, straw.

Lit.

In gen.:

qui homo in pratis per fenisecta festucas corradit,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 136; Col. 8, 15, 6; Plin. 10, 41, 57, § 116; 18, 27, 67, § 254.—

A rod with which slaves were touched in the ceremony of manumission:

qui vindicabat festucam tenebat... et homini imponebat,

Gai. Inst. 4, 16; cf.:

vindicta, A.: quid? ea ingenuan' an festuca facta e serva libera'st?

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 15; id. Pers. 5, 175.—

Transf., a straw-like weed which grows among barley, also called aegilops, Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 155.—

A trifle, particle, mote:

in oculo fratris,

Vulg. Matt. 7, 3; id. Luc. 6, 41.

frons (also anciently fruns; plur. frundes, Enn. Ann. 266 Vahl.; cf. Charis. p. 105 P.—Also in nom. fros or frus, Varr. ib.; Enn. v in the foll.; cf. Prisc. p. 554 P.; and FRONDIS, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 2, 372), dis, f. [etym. dub.], a leafy branch, green bough, foliage.

Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.; syn. folium).

Sing.: populea frus, Enn. ap. Aus. Technop. (Edyll. 5) 158 sq. (id. Ann. v. 562 Vahl.):

ilignea, quernea,

Cato, R. R. 37, 2:

in nemoribus, ubi virgulta et frons multa,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 11:

bobus praestabit vilicus frondem,

Col. 11, 3, 101: alta frons decidit, Varr. ap. Non. 486, 13:

ne caules allii in frondem luxurient,

Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 113:

perenni frunde corona,

Lucr. 1, 119:

nigrae feraci frondis in Algido,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 58:

sine fronde,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 75:

immaturam destringere,

Quint. 12, 6, 2.—

Plur.: russescunt frundes, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 105 P. (Ann. v. 266 Vahl.):

deserta via et inculta atque interclusa jam frondibus et virgultis relinquatur,

Cic. Cael. 18, 42:

viminibus salices fecundi, frondibus ulmi,

Verg. G. 2, 446:

frondibus teneris non adhibendam esse falcem,

Quint. 2, 4, 11:

bovemque Disjunctum curas et strictis frondibus exples,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28; id. C. 3, 18, 14.—

Poet. transf., a garland made of leafy boughs, a garland of leaves, leafy chaplet: donec Alterutrum velox victoria fronde coronet, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64; so in sing., id. C. 4, 2, 36; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110:

nos delubra deum festa velamus fronde,

Verg. A. 2, 249; 5, 661; Ov. M. 1, 449; 565; id. A. A. 1, 108.—In plur., Ov. F. 1, 711; 3, 482.

frons, frontis, f. ( masc., Cato ap. Gell. 15, 9, 5; and ap. Fest. s. v. recto, p. 286, b, Müll.; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46 Ritschl, N. cr.; id. ap. Non. 205, 4; Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 17) [cf. Sanscr. brhū; Gr. ophrus; Germ. Braue; Engl. brow; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 296], the forehead, brow, front (syn.: vultus, os, facies).

Lit.:

frons et aliis (animalibus), sed homini tantum tristitiae, hilaritatis, clementiae, severitatis index: in adsensu ejus supercilia homini et pariter et alterna mobilia,

Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138:

tanta erat gravitas in oculo, tanta contractio frontis, ut illo supercilio res publica, tamquam Atlante caelum, niti videretur,

Cic. Sest. 8, 19: frontem contrahere, to contract or knit the brows, id. Clu. 26, 72; Hor. S. 2, 2, 125;

for which, adducere,

Sen. Ben. 1, 1:

attrahere,

id. ib. 6, 7: remittere frontem, to smooth the brow, i. e. to cheer up, Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 5;

for which: exporge frontem,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 53; cf.:

primum ego te porrectiore fronte volo mecum loqui,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3:

explicare,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 16;

solvere,

Mart. 14, 183: ut frontem ferias, smitest thy forehead (as a sign of vexation), Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

nulla perturbatio animi, nulla corporis, frons non percussa, non femur,

id. Brut. 80, 278:

femur, pectus, frontem caedere,

Quint. 2, 12, 10:

frontem sudario tergere,

id. 6, 3, 60;

for which: siccare frontem sudario,

id. 11, 3, 148:

capillos a fronte retroagere,

id. ib. 160:

mediam ferro gemina inter tempora frontem Dividit,

Verg. A. 9, 750:

quorundam capita per medium frontis et verticis mucrone distincta, in utrumque humerum pendebant,

Amm. 31, 7, 14:

insignem tenui fronte Lycorida (a small forehead was regarded as a beauty by the ancients),

Hor. C. 1, 33, 5; cf. id. Ep. 1, 7, 26; Petr. 126; Mart. 4, 42, 9; Arn. 2, 72.—Of the forehead of animals:

est bos cervi figura: cujus a media fronte, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1:

tauri torva fronte,

Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:

equi,

Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 30:

ovis,

id. F. 4, 102:

cui (haedo) frons turgida cornibus Primis,

Hor. C. 3, 13, 4:

(vitulus) Fronte curvatos imitatus ignes lunae,

id. ib. 4, 2, 57.—In plur., Lucr. 5, 1034. —

The brow as a mirror of the feelings:

non solum ex oratione, sed etiam ex vultu et oculis et fronte, ut aiunt, meum erga te amorem perspicere potuisses,

Cic. Att. 14, 13, B, 1; cf. Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44; and:

homines fronte et oratione magis, quam ipso beneficio reque capiuntur,

expression of countenance, id. ib. 12, 46:

si verum tum, cum verissima fronte, dixerunt, nunc mentiuntur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 35:

haec ipsa fero equidem fronte et vultu bellissime, sed angor intimis sensibus,

id. Att. 5, 10, 3: frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur;

oratio vero saepissime,

id. Q. F. 1, 1, 5, § 15; cf.:

oculi, supercilia, frons, vultus denique totus, qui sermo quidam tacitus mentis est, hic in fraudem homines impulit,

id. Pis. 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 9, 17:

fronte occultare sententiam,

id. Lael. 18, 65:

tranquilla et serena,

id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.:

reliquiae pristinae frontis,

id. Fam. 9, 10, 2:

laeta,

Verg. A. 6, 862:

sollicita,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 16:

tristis,

Tib. 2, 3, 33:

gravis,

Plin. Pan. 41, 3:

humana, lenis, placida,

Sen. Ben. 2, 13:

inverecunda,

Quint. 2, 4, 16:

proterva,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 16:

urbana (i. e. impudens),

id. Ep. 1, 9, 11:

impudens, proterva, Aug. Op. imperf. c. Jul. 6, 21: impudentissima,

id. ib. 26; cf.:

impudentia frontis,

Hier. adv. Rufin. 1, 7:

fronte inverecunda nummos captare,

Val. Max. 8, 2, 2.—In plur.:

si populo grata est tabella, quae frontes aperit hominum, mentes tegat,

Cic. Planc. 6, 16.—

Prov.:

frons occipitio prior est,

i. e. better work before the master's face than behind his back, Cato, R. R. 4; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 31.—

Transf

The forepart of any thing, the front, façade, van (opp. tergum and latus):

copias ante frontem castrorum struit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1:

aedium,

Vitr. 3, 2:

parietum,

id. 2, 8:

januae,

Ov. F. 1, 135:

scena,

Verg. G. 3, 24:

(navium),

id. A. 5, 158:

pontis,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 4:

collis ex utraque parte lateris dejectus habebat, et in frontem leniter fastigatus, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 2, 8; 7, 23: intervallum justum arborum quadrageni pedes in terga frontemque, in latera viceni, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202; cf. Quint. 1, 10, 43:

octo cohortes in fronte constituit,

Sall. C. 59, 2:

quatuor legionum aquilae per frontem,

Tac. H. 2, 89:

una fronte contra hostem castra muniunt,

only in front, Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2 Herz.:

aequa fronte ad pugnam procedebat,

Liv. 36, 44, 1:

nec tamen aequari frontes poterant, cum extenuando infirmam mediam aciem haberent,

id. 5, 38, 2:

recta fronte concurrere hosti (opp. in dextrum cornu),

Curt. 4, 13 med.; cf.:

directa fronte pugnandum est,

Quint. 5, 13, 11:

veritus ne simul in frontem simul et latera suorum pugnaretur,

Tac. Agr. 35:

transisse aestuaria pulchrum ac decorum in frontem (i. e. fronti),

for the front, the van, id. ib. 33: dextra fronte prima legio incessit, on the right front, i. e. on the right wing, id. H. 2, 24 fin.:

laeva,

Claud. in Ruf. 2, 174; cf.:

frons laevi cornu haec erat,

Curt. 4, 13 fin. — Poet. transf., of clouds:

ut non tam concurrere nubes Frontibus adversis possint quam de latere ire,

Lucr. 6, 117;

of a precipice: Fronte sub adversa scopulis pendentibus antrum,

Verg. A. 1, 166.—Esp. freq.: a fronte, in front, before (opp. a tergo and a latere):

a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, si in Galliam venerit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32:

a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25 fin.:

totis fere a fronte et ab sinistra parte nudatis castris,

id. B. G. 2, 23, 4. —

The outer end of a book-roll or volume, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 11.—

The circumference of a wheel, Vitr. 10, 4.—

In measuring land = latitudo, the breadth:

mille pedes in fronte, trecentos cippus in agrum Hic dabat,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 12; Inscr. Orell. 4558; 4560.—

Trop.

The outside, exterior, external quality, appearance (cf. species and facies;

mostly post-Aug.): Pompeius Scauro studet: sed utrum fronte an mente, dubitatur,

Cic. Att. 4, 15, 7:

plus habet in recessu, quam fronte promittat,

Quint. 1, 4, 2; 11, 1, 61; cf.:

frons causae non satis honesta,

id. 4, 1, 42 Spald.:

decipit Frons prima multos,

the first appearance, Phaedr. 4, 2, 6; cf.:

dura primā fronte quaestio,

Quint. 7, 1, 56:

ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

id. 12, 7, 8.—

The character or feelings expressed by the brow.

Poet. in partic., shame:

exclamet perisse Frontem de rebus,

Pers. 5, 104 (for which:

clament periisse pudorem,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 80).—

Impudence, boldness (late Lat.; cf.

os),

Aug. Civ. D. 3, 30.

hĕbes, ĕtis ( acc. sing. hebem, Enn. and Caecil. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.; abl. hebeti;

but hebete,

Cels. 7, 3), adj. [hebeo], blunt, dull, in opp. to pointed or sharp (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).

Lit.: cujus (lunae) et nascentis et insenescentis alias hebetiora alias acutiora videntur cornua, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 122, 1:

tela leviora atque hebetiora,

id. Har. Resp. 1, 2:

quo latiora (ossa) quaque parte sunt, hoc hebetiora,

Cels. 8, 1, 66:

ponite jam gladios hebetes, pugnetur acutis,

Ov. A. A. 3, 589:

machaera,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 53; cf.:

hebeti mucrone,

Lucr. 5, 1274, and hebeti ictu, which does not penetrate, Ov. M. 12, 85:

oryx hebeti ferro caeditur,

Juv. 11, 140:

secures,

id. 8, 137:

angulus,

obtuse, Front. de Form. Agr. p. 32 Goes.—As subst.: hĕbĕtĭa, ium, n., blunt tools, Quint. 2, 12, 18.—

Transf., of sight, hearing, smell, taste, dull, dim, faint:

utroque oculo natura hebete,

Plin. 9, 15, 20:

color,

Ov. F. 5, 365; cf.:

(orbem solis) adhuc hebetem vicina nocte,

Stat. Ach. 2, 289:

carbunculi hebetiores,

Plin. 37, 7, 26, § 98:

postea quam sensi populi Romani aures hebetiores, oculos autem esse acres atque acutos,

Cic. Planc. 27, 66; cf. id. Rep. 6, 18:

uva gustu hebes,

tasteless, insipid, Col. 3, 2, 24: genus croci, without smell (opp. odoratum), Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 67:

os hebes est, positaeque movent fastidia mensae,

without appetite, Ov. P. 1, 10, 7:

caro,

without feeling, dead, Cels. 7, 6, 8; 7, 13, 1:

ossa gingivarum,

id. 6, 15, 17:

qui torpet hebes locus ille,

Ov. A. A. 3, 799. —

Trop., dull, obtuse, sluggish, heavy, doltish, stupid (syn.:

bardus, stupidus, ineptus, absurdus, stultus, fatuus, stolidus, brutus, etc.): sensus omnes hebetes et tardos esse arbitrabantur,

Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31:

puer incessu tardus, sensu hebes,

Plin. 7, 16, 17, § 76:

tanta solertia animalium hebetissimis quoque est,

id. 9, 30, 48:

Epicurus, quem hebetem et rudem dicere solent Stoici,

Cic. Div. 2, 50, 103; cf.:

omnium ceterarum rerum oratio ludus est homini non hebeti neque inexercitato neque communium litterarum et politioris humanitatis experti,

id. de Or. 2, 17, 71:

memoria,

id. ib. 2, 87, 357:

me hebetem molestiae reddiderunt,

id. Att. 9, 17, 2:

nisi qui sit plane hebes,

Quint. 7, 1, 48:

nisi forte tam hebes futurus est judex, ut, etc.,

id. 4, 2, 66: hebes ad aliquid, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1; cf.:

quis adeo hebes inveniretur, ut crederet? etc.,

Tac. A. 14, 11: exercitus hebes infirmusque, raw, undisciplined,=rudis, Sall. J. 54, 3: hebes ad sustinendum laborem [p. 844] miles, sluggish, slow, tardy, Tac. H. 2, 99; Ov. M. 13, 135:

adulescentia bruta et hebes,

Sen. Ben. 3, 37, 3:

spondeus quod est e longis duabus, hebetior videtur et tardior,

Cic. Or. 64, 216: sed hac rhetorica philosophorum, non nostra illa forensi, quam necesse est, cum populariter loquatur, esse interdum paulo hebetiorem, i. e. more superficial, common (opp. to philosophical acuteness, nicety), id. Fin. 2, 6, 17:

dolor,

id. Att. 8, 3, 4:

hoc Pansa aut non videt (hebeti enim ingenio est) aut negligit,

id. Phil. 10, 8, 17; cf.:

hebetiora hominum ingenia,

id. N. D. 2, 6, 17:

ratio,

Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119:

quaedam hebes, sordida, jejuna oratio,

Quint. 8, 3, 49:

quasdam (litteras) velut acriores parum efficimus et aliis non dissimilibus sed quasi hebetioribus permutamus,

id. 1, 11, 4.—Of a speaker: hebes lingua, magis malus quam callidus ingenio, Ps.-Sall. de Rep. 2, 9, 1.

hĕbes, ĕtis ( acc. sing. hebem, Enn. and Caecil. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.; abl. hebeti;

but hebete,

Cels. 7, 3), adj. [hebeo], blunt, dull, in opp. to pointed or sharp (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).

Lit.: cujus (lunae) et nascentis et insenescentis alias hebetiora alias acutiora videntur cornua, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 122, 1:

tela leviora atque hebetiora,

id. Har. Resp. 1, 2:

quo latiora (ossa) quaque parte sunt, hoc hebetiora,

Cels. 8, 1, 66:

ponite jam gladios hebetes, pugnetur acutis,

Ov. A. A. 3, 589:

machaera,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 53; cf.:

hebeti mucrone,

Lucr. 5, 1274, and hebeti ictu, which does not penetrate, Ov. M. 12, 85:

oryx hebeti ferro caeditur,

Juv. 11, 140:

secures,

id. 8, 137:

angulus,

obtuse, Front. de Form. Agr. p. 32 Goes.—As subst.: hĕbĕtĭa, ium, n., blunt tools, Quint. 2, 12, 18.—

Transf., of sight, hearing, smell, taste, dull, dim, faint:

utroque oculo natura hebete,

Plin. 9, 15, 20:

color,

Ov. F. 5, 365; cf.:

(orbem solis) adhuc hebetem vicina nocte,

Stat. Ach. 2, 289:

carbunculi hebetiores,

Plin. 37, 7, 26, § 98:

postea quam sensi populi Romani aures hebetiores, oculos autem esse acres atque acutos,

Cic. Planc. 27, 66; cf. id. Rep. 6, 18:

uva gustu hebes,

tasteless, insipid, Col. 3, 2, 24: genus croci, without smell (opp. odoratum), Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 67:

os hebes est, positaeque movent fastidia mensae,

without appetite, Ov. P. 1, 10, 7:

caro,

without feeling, dead, Cels. 7, 6, 8; 7, 13, 1:

ossa gingivarum,

id. 6, 15, 17:

qui torpet hebes locus ille,

Ov. A. A. 3, 799. —

Trop., dull, obtuse, sluggish, heavy, doltish, stupid (syn.:

bardus, stupidus, ineptus, absurdus, stultus, fatuus, stolidus, brutus, etc.): sensus omnes hebetes et tardos esse arbitrabantur,

Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31:

puer incessu tardus, sensu hebes,

Plin. 7, 16, 17, § 76:

tanta solertia animalium hebetissimis quoque est,

id. 9, 30, 48:

Epicurus, quem hebetem et rudem dicere solent Stoici,

Cic. Div. 2, 50, 103; cf.:

omnium ceterarum rerum oratio ludus est homini non hebeti neque inexercitato neque communium litterarum et politioris humanitatis experti,

id. de Or. 2, 17, 71:

memoria,

id. ib. 2, 87, 357:

me hebetem molestiae reddiderunt,

id. Att. 9, 17, 2:

nisi qui sit plane hebes,

Quint. 7, 1, 48:

nisi forte tam hebes futurus est judex, ut, etc.,

id. 4, 2, 66: hebes ad aliquid, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1; cf.:

quis adeo hebes inveniretur, ut crederet? etc.,

Tac. A. 14, 11: exercitus hebes infirmusque, raw, undisciplined,=rudis, Sall. J. 54, 3: hebes ad sustinendum laborem [p. 844] miles, sluggish, slow, tardy, Tac. H. 2, 99; Ov. M. 13, 135:

adulescentia bruta et hebes,

Sen. Ben. 3, 37, 3:

spondeus quod est e longis duabus, hebetior videtur et tardior,

Cic. Or. 64, 216: sed hac rhetorica philosophorum, non nostra illa forensi, quam necesse est, cum populariter loquatur, esse interdum paulo hebetiorem, i. e. more superficial, common (opp. to philosophical acuteness, nicety), id. Fin. 2, 6, 17:

dolor,

id. Att. 8, 3, 4:

hoc Pansa aut non videt (hebeti enim ingenio est) aut negligit,

id. Phil. 10, 8, 17; cf.:

hebetiora hominum ingenia,

id. N. D. 2, 6, 17:

ratio,

Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119:

quaedam hebes, sordida, jejuna oratio,

Quint. 8, 3, 49:

quasdam (litteras) velut acriores parum efficimus et aliis non dissimilibus sed quasi hebetioribus permutamus,

id. 1, 11, 4.—Of a speaker: hebes lingua, magis malus quam callidus ingenio, Ps.-Sall. de Rep. 2, 9, 1.

idcirco or iccirco, adv. [id-circa], on that account, for that reason, therefore (freq. and class.; cf.: itaque, igitur, ergo; ideo, propterea; quare, quam ob rem, etc.).

Absol. (rare):

idcirco moneo vos ego hoc,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 28:

ille Cliniae servos tardiusculus est: Idcirco huic nostro tradita'st provincia,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 5:

quod id quod factum sit, aliud alii videatur esse, et idcirco alius alio nomine id appellet,

Cic. Inv. 1, 8, 11; Caes. B. C. 1, 42, 3:

data Romanis venia est indigna poëtis. Idcircone vager scribamque licenter?

Hor. A. P. 265:

et idcirco disceptatione sublata pellitur e medio sapientia,

Lact. 5, 1, 5. —

Rel. (so most freq.).

Corresp. to causal sentences, with quod, quia, quoniam, or si:

idcirco arcessor, nuptias quod mihi apparari sensit,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 7:

negant, sapientem idcirco virum bonum esse, quod eum sua sponte bonitas delectet, sed quod, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 3, 16; cf. id. Fam. 9, 1, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 119:

idcirco quidam, comoedia necne poëma Esset, quaesivere, quod acer spiritus ac vis Nec verbis nec rebus inest, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 45:

quia natura mutari non potest, idcirco verae amicitiae sempiternae sunt,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

idcirco, judices, quia veram causam habebam, brevi peroravi,

id. Inv. 1, 48, 90:

neque enim, quia movetur qui ingreditur, idcirco qui movetur ingreditur,

Quint. 5, 9, 6; 2, 2, 2:

idcirco enumerabimus, non quia, etc.,

Col. 7, 5, 7; Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 38: meminerimus idcirco te in istam provinciam missum, quoniam, etc., Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 32 (41); Col. 7, 5, 7:

haec idcirco, quoniam, etc.,

Dig. 47, 2, 92; ib. 49, 1, 10, § 4:

non, si Opimium defendisti, idcirco te isti bonum civem putabunt,

Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 170:

non enim, si Cicero recte sentinam reipublicae dixit... idcirco probem illud quoque, etc.,

Quint. 8, 6, 15:

nec si pugnent inter se... idcirco ars non erit,

id. 2, 17, 33; cf.:

nec, si te validus jactaverit auster in alto. Idcirco navem trans Aegaeum mare vendas,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 16.—Rarely with si omitted: non possis oculo quantum contendere [p. 877] Lynceus:

Non tamen idcirco contemnas lippus inungi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29.—

With a clause denoting the purpose, with ut, ne, or pron. rel.:

idcirco nemo superiorum attigit, ut ipse tolleret, Cic Verr. 2, 4, 4, § 7: quae ut fieret, idcirco pugnatum esse arbitror,

id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

cum prooemium idcirco comparatum sit, ut judex fiat conciliator,

Quint. 4, 2, 24:

quod si idcirco fieret, ut, etc.,

id. 8 praef. § 27;

12, 2, 12: sese idcirco ab suis discedere noluisse, quo facilius civitatem in officio contineret, ne omnis nobilitatis discessu plebs propter imprudentiam laberetur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 3, 6:

vos suspicarier, Me idcirco haec tanta facinora promittere, Qui vos oblectem, etc.,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 150:

idcirco capite et superciliis semper est rasis, ne ullum pilum viri boni habere dicatur,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

idcircone nobilitas rem publicam reciperavit, ut, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 49, 141; cf. id. Rab. Perd. 8, 23:

idcirco ut possim linguam contemnere servi, utile consilium dedisti,

Juv. 9, 119.

ĭn-ŏcŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to inoculate, i. e. to ingraft an eye or bud of one tree into another (post-Aug.).

Lit.:

arbores ficorum,

Col. 11, 2, 59.—

Transf.

To implant:

justitiae affectum pectoribus,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 1.—

To adorn:

bullis aureis inoculatus,

App. M. 6, p. 185, 21.

lăcrĭmātĭo ( lacrŭm-), ōnis, f. [id.], a weeping.

Esp. as a disease:

oculo rum,

Plin. 23 praef. 5, § 9; id. 11, 37, 54, § 147. —

In gen.: lacrimatio et fletus, Vulg Tob. 3, 22.

lăcrĭmātĭo ( lacrŭm-), ōnis, f. [id.], a weeping.

Esp. as a disease:

oculo rum,

Plin. 23 praef. 5, § 9; id. 11, 37, 54, § 147. —

In gen.: lacrimatio et fletus, Vulg Tob. 3, 22.

Lynceus (dissyl.), ĕi ( gen. Lyncei, dissyl., Hor. S. 1, 2, 90 Orell. ad loc.; voc. Lynceu, Prop. 3, 32, 9), m., = Lunkeus, a Messenian, and one of the Argonauts, brother of Idas, and son of Aphareus, famed for the sharpness of his sight:

non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28:

Lyncei oculi,

id. S. 1, 2, 90; cf. Val. Fl. 1, 462; Hyg. Fab. 14; Val. Max. 1, 8, n. 14; Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 78; Ov. F. 5, 711; Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 9.—Hence,

Lyncēus, a, um, adj., = Lunkeios, of Lynceus, Lyncean, Ov. F. 5, 709.—

Transf., sharp-sighted:

quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat,

Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2.—

Lyncī-des, ae, m., a descendant of Lynceus, Ov. M. 5, 99; 4, 767.—

A son of Ægyptus, and husband of Hypermnestra, who alone was saved by his wife when all his brothers were put to death, Ov. H 14, 123; Hyg. Fab. 273.—

Son of Thestius, and brother of Althæa, who was slain by Meleager, Hyg. Fab. 173; 174.—

One of the companions of Æneas; acc. Lyncĕă, Verg. A. 9, 768.

Lynceus (dissyl.), ĕi ( gen. Lyncei, dissyl., Hor. S. 1, 2, 90 Orell. ad loc.; voc. Lynceu, Prop. 3, 32, 9), m., = Lunkeus, a Messenian, and one of the Argonauts, brother of Idas, and son of Aphareus, famed for the sharpness of his sight:

non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28:

Lyncei oculi,

id. S. 1, 2, 90; cf. Val. Fl. 1, 462; Hyg. Fab. 14; Val. Max. 1, 8, n. 14; Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 78; Ov. F. 5, 711; Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 9.—Hence,

Lyncēus, a, um, adj., = Lunkeios, of Lynceus, Lyncean, Ov. F. 5, 709.—

Transf., sharp-sighted:

quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat,

Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2.—

Lyncī-des, ae, m., a descendant of Lynceus, Ov. M. 5, 99; 4, 767.—

A son of Ægyptus, and husband of Hypermnestra, who alone was saved by his wife when all his brothers were put to death, Ov. H 14, 123; Hyg. Fab. 273.—

Son of Thestius, and brother of Althæa, who was slain by Meleager, Hyg. Fab. 173; 174.—

One of the companions of Æneas; acc. Lyncĕă, Verg. A. 9, 768.

mētĭor, mensus (post-class. metītus, Dig. 32, 1, 52), 4, v. dep. [Sanscr. ma, to measure; cf. Gr. me-tron, Lat. modus], to measure, mete (lands, corn); also, to measure or mete out, to deal out, distribute by measure (class.).

Lit.:

metiri agrum,

Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 2:

frumentum,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 192:

sol, quem metiri non possunt,

id. Ac. 2, 41, 128:

magnitudinem mundi,

id. Off. 1, 43, 154: nummos, to measure one's money, i. e. to have a great abundance of it, Hor. S. 1, 1, 95:

nummos modio,

Petr. S. 37:

se ad candelabrum,

id. ib. 75:

pedes syllabis,

to measure by syllables, Cic. Or. 57, 194:

frumentum militibus metiri,

Caes. B. G. 1, 16:

cum exercitu frumentum metiri oporteret,

id. ib. 1, 23;

7, 71: Caecubum,

Hor. Epod. 9, 36:

quis mensus est pugillo aquas?

Vulg. Isa. 40, 12:

tantus acervus fuit, ut metientibus dimidium super tres modios explesse, sint quidam auctores,

Liv. 23, 12.—

Poet. transf., to measure a distance, i. e. to pass, walk, or sail through or over, to traverse:

Sacram metiente te viam (of the measured pace of a proud person),

Hor. Epod. 4, 7:

aequor curru,

to sail through, Verg. G. 4, 389:

aquas carinā,

Ov. M. 9, 446:

tu, cursu, dea menstruo metiens iter annuom,

to go through complete, Cat. 34, 17:

instabili gressu metitur litora cornix,

Luc. 5, 556.—Also absol.:

quin hic metimur gradibus militariis,

to walk, Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 11.—

Trop., to measure, estimate, judge one thing by another; also simply to measure, estimate, judge of, set a value on a thing.

With abl. of the standard of comparison, or the means of judgment:

sonantia metiri auribus,

Cic. Or. 68, 227:

oculo latus,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 103:

omnia quaestu,

by profit, Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 111:

qui nihil alterius causa faciet et metietur suis commodis omnia,

id. Leg. 1, 14, 41:

vides igitur, si amicitiam sua caritate metiare, nihil esse praestantius,

id. Fin. 2, 26, 85:

vim eloquentiae sua facultate non rei natura,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 4, 10:

omnia voluptate,

id. Fam. 7, 12, 2:

studia utilitate,

Quint. 12, 11, 29:

magnos homines virtute, non fortuna,

Nep. Eum. 1:

usum pecuniae non magnitudine, sed ratione,

Cic. Att. 14:

officia utilitate,

Lact. 6, 11, 12:

odium in se aliorum suo in eos metiens odio,

Liv. 3, 54:

pericula suo metu,

Sall. C. 31, 2:

peccata vitiis,

Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20:

aetatem nostram non spatio senectutis, sed tempore adulescentiae,

Quint. 12, 11, 13.—

With ex (very rare):

fidelitas, quam ego ex mea conscientiā metior,

Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2: ex eo, quantum cuique satis est, metiuntur homines divitiarum modum, id. Par. 6, 1, 14.—

With ad:

nec se metitur ad illum quem dedit haec (paupertas) posuitque modum,

i. e. accommodates herself, Juv. 6, 358.—

Absol. (post-Aug.):

metiri ac diligenter aestimare vires suas,

Quint. 6, 1, 45:

pondera sua,

Mart. 12, 100, 8:

sua regna,

Luc. 8, 527. —

With quod:

quanto metiris pretio, quod, etc.,

Juv. 9, 72.—

To traverse. go over, pass through:

late Aequora prospectu metior alta meo,

Ov. H. 10, 28:

tot casus, tot avia,

Val. Fl. 5, 476:

jamque duas lucis partes Hyperione menso,

Ov. M. 8, 564.—

To measure out, deal to any one, treat one well or ill:

mensurā quā mensi fueritis, remetietur vobis,

Vulg. Luc. 6, 38; cf. id. Matt. 7, 2.

signif., to be measured:

agri glebatim metiebantur,

Lact. Mort. Persec. 23, 2:

an sol pedis unius latitudine metiatur,

Arn. 2, 86.— Part. perf.: mensus, a, um, measured off:

mensa spatia conficere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 69.—As subst.:

bene mensum dabo,

good measure, Sen. Q. N. 4, 4, 1.

nŏta, ae, f. [nosco], a mark, sign, note (cf.: signum, insigne, indicium): nota alias significat signum; ut in pecoribus, tabulis, libris, litterae singulae aut binae, alias ignominiam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll. (v. in the foll.).

Lit.

In gen.:

reliquis epistulis notam apponam eam, quae mihi tecum convenit,

Cic. Fam. 13, 6, a, 2:

si signa et notas ostenderem locorum,

id. de Or. 2, 41, 174; Liv. 37, 31:

sive puer furens Impressit memorem dente labris notam,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 11:

caeruleae cui (angui) notae,

Verg. A. 5, 87.—

In partic.

Notae litterarum, marks or characters in writing, letters:

qui sonos vocis, qui infiniti videbantur, paucis litterarum notis terminavit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 62:

sortes in robore insculptae priscarum litterarum notis,

id. Div. 2, 41, 85.—So without litterarum:

quosque legat versus oculo properante viator, Grandibus in tituli marmore caede notis,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 72:

foliisque notas et nomina mandat,

Verg. A. 3, 444: C nota praenominis, cum sola Gaium notat;

item numeri cum centum significat,

Diom. 418 P.—

Transf., notae, a letter, epistle, writing ( poet.):

inspicit acceptas hostis ab hoste notas,

Ov. H. 4, 6; 20, 207; id. M. 6, 577:

incisa notis marmora publicis,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 13.—

Secret characters, secret writing, cipher:

in quibus (epistulis), si qua occultius perferenda essent, per notas scripsit,

Suet. Caes. 56; id. Aug. 88; Cic. Mur. 11, 25; cf. Gell. 17, 9; Isid. Orig. 1, 25.—

Short-hand characters, stenographic signs, used instead of the letters of the alphabet:

apud veteres cum usus notarum nullus esset, propter perscribendi difficultatem... quaedam verba atque nomina ex communi sensu primis litteris notabant, et singulae litterae quid significarent, in promptu erat,

Val. Prob. de Jur. Not. Signif. 1:

quid verborum notas, quibus quamvis citata excipitur oratio et celeritatem linguae manus sequitur?

Sen. Ep. 90, 25; Suet. Tit. 3:

notis scriptae tabulae non continentur edicto, quia notas litteras non esse Pedius scripsit,

Dig. 37, 1, 6; ib. 50, 13, 1, § 7: verba notis brevibus comprendere cuncta peritus, Raptimque punctis dicta praepetibus sequi, Prud. steph. 9, 23.—

Memoranda, notes, brief extracts:

idem (Aristoteles) locos, quasi argumentorum notas, tradidit,

Cic. Or. 14, 46.—

A note in music:

notis musicis cantica excipere,

Quint. 1, 12, 14. —

A critical mark, made on the margin of a book in reading, to point out particular passages:

notam apponere ad malum versum,

Cic. Pis. 30, 73:

mittam tibi libros, et imponam notas, ut ad ea ipsa protinus, quae probo et miror accedas,

Sen. Ep. 6, 4; cf. Isid. Orig. 1, 21; Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 2.— Hence,

Transf., a critical remark, a note, on a writing:

ex notā Marcelli constat, etc.,

Dig. 49, 17, 10; Cod. Th. 1, 4, 1.—

A mark on a wine-cask, to denote the quality of the wine:

nota Falerni,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 8; id. S. 1, 10, 24.—Hence,

Transf., a sort, kind, quality:

eae notae sunt optimae,

i. e. wines of those brands, Cic. Brut. 83, 287:

ex hac notā corporum est aër,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 2, 4:

secundae notae mel,

Col. 9, 15, 3:

eum ex hac notā litteratorum esse,

Petr. 83: de meliore notā, Cur. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29, 1:

quaedam beneficia non sunt ex hac vulgari notā, sed majora,

Sen. Ben. 3, 9, 1.—

A distinguishing mark. distinctive feature:

cujusque generis dicendi nota,

Cic. Or. 23, 75; Phaedr. 4, 22, 22.—

A nod, beck, sign:

innuet: acceptas tu quoque redde notas,

Ov. A. A. 3, 514; id. M. 11, 466. —

A brand on the body of a bad slave:

multos honesti ordinis, deformatos prius stigmatum notis, ad metalla condemnavit,

Suet. Calig. 27.—Also of tattoo-marks:

barbarus compunctus notis Thraciis,

Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25:

interstincti corpora... fucatis et densioribus notis,

Amm. 31, 2, 14.—

A mark, spot, mole on the body (syn.:

naevus, macula): corpore traditur maculoso dispersis per pectus atque alvum genetivis notis,

Suet. Aug. 80; Hor. C. 4, 2, 59.—

A stamp impression on a coin:

nummos omnis notae,

Suet. Aug. 75; 94; id. Ner. 25.—

Trop.

In gen., a mark, sign, token:

notae ac vestigia suorum flagitiorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 115:

quam scite per notas nos certiores facit Juppiter,

id. Div. 2, 21, 47:

mihi quoque impendere idem exitium, certis quibusdam notis augurabar,

Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 3:

nomina et notae morti destinatorum,

Suet. Calig. 49:

pro re publicā cicatrices ac notas virtutis accipere,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 13, 36: interspirationis enim, non defatigationis nostrae neque librariorum notae, signs of punctuation marks, Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 173.—

In partic.

A characteristic quality, character:

patefacta interiore notā animi sui,

Suet. Tib. 54.—

Nota censoria, or simply nota, the mark or note which the censors affixed in their lists of citizens to the name of any one whom they censured for immorality or want of patriotism:

censoriae severitatis nota,

Cic. Clu. 46, 129:

patrum memoriā institutum fertur, ut censores motis e senatu adscriberent notas,

Liv. 39, 42, 6 sq.:

duo milia nominum in aerarios relata, tribuque omnes moti, additumque tam acri censoriae notae triste senatus consultum, ut, etc.,

id. 24, 18, 9 Weissenb.:

censores senatum sine ullius notā legerunt,

not excluding any one, id. 32, 7, 3:

censores eo anno... de senatu novem ejecerunt. Insignes notae fuerunt Maluginensis et Scipionis et, etc.,

id. 41, 27, 1 sq.:

notae jam destinatae exemptus est,

Gell. 4, 20, 8; v. Dict. of Antiq. p. 664 sq.—Hence,

Transf., a mark of ignominy or infamy, a reproach, disgrace: quem scis scire tuas omnes maculasque notasque, Lucil. ap. Non. 354, 21:

quae nota domesticae turpitudinis non inusta vitae tuae est?

Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 13:

Gabinii litteras insigni quādam notā atque ignominiā novā condemnāstis,

id. Prov. Cons. 10, 25:

o turpem notam temporum illorum,

id. Off. 3, 18, 74:

homo omnibus notis turpitudinis insignis,

id. Rab. Perd. 9, 24:

nota ignominiaque Philippi,

Liv. 21, 44, 7:

sempiternas foedissimae turpitudinis notas subire,

Cic. Pis. 18, 41:

notā laborare,

Dig. 3, 2, 2.

oblīquus ( oblīcus, v. Orthogr. Vergl. p. 449 Wagner), a, um, adj. [ob and liquus; root lek-; Gr. lechrios, lechris, slantwise (cf.: loxos, Loxias); Lat. licinus, limus, luxus, luxare], sidelong, slanting, awry, oblique (freq. and class.; cf.: transversus, imus).

Lit.:

motus corporis, pronus, obliquus, supinus,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

hos partim obliquos, partim aversos, partim etiam adversos stare vobis,

on one side of you, sideways, id. Rep. 6, 19, 20:

obliquo claudicare pede,

Ov. Am. 2, 17, 20:

sublicae,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17:

ordines,

id. ib. 7, 73:

iter,

id. B. C. 1, 70:

obliquam facere imaginem,

a side-likeness, profile, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 90:

chordae,

i. e. of the triangular harp, Juv. 3, 64:

verris obliquum meditantis ictum Sanguine donare,

Hor. C. 3, 22, 7:

obliquo dente timendus aper,

Ov. H. 4, 104:

rex aquarum cursibus obliquis fluens,

id. M. 9, 18:

radix,

id. ib. 10, 491:

obliquo capite speculari,

Plin. 8, 24, 36, § 88:

non istic obliquo oculo mea commoda quisquam Limat,

with a sidelong glance, an envious look, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 37:

non obliquis oculis sed circumacto capite cernere,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 151:

obliquoque notat Proserpina vultu,

Stat. S. 2, 6, 102.— Adverbial phrases: ab obliquo, ex obliquo, per obliquum, in obliquum, obliquum, from the side, sideways, not straight on:

ab obliquo,

Ov. R. Am. 121:

nec supra ipsum nec infra, sed ex obliquo,

Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99:

serpens per obliquum similis sagittae Terruit mannos,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 6:

cancri in obliquom aspiciunt,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 152: obliquum, obliquely, askance:

oculis obliquum respiciens,

App. M. 3, p. 140.— Comp.:

quia positio signiferi circa media sui obliquior est,

Plin. 2, 77, 79, § 188.—

Fig.

Of relationship, not direct, collateral ( poet. and late Lat.):

obliquum a patre genus,

i. e. not born of the same mother with myself, Stat. Th. 5, 221:

obliquo maculat qui sanguine regnum,

by collateral consanguinity, Luc. 8, 286; cf.:

tertio gradu veniunt... ex obliquo fratris sororisque filius,

Paul. Sent. 4, 11, 3.—

Of speech.

Indirect, covert:

obliquis orationibus carpere aliquem,

Suet. Dom. 2:

insectatio,

Tac. A. 14, 11:

dicta,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 9:

verba,

Amm. 15, 5, 4.—

In a bad sense, envious, hostile (post-class.):

Cato adversus potentes semper obliquus,

Flor. 4, 2, 9.—

In gram.

Obliquus casus, an oblique case (i. e. all the cases except the nom. and voc.), opp. rectus:

alia casus habent et rectos et obliquos,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 49 Müll.—

Obliqua oratio, indirect speech: apud historicos reperiuntur obliquae allocutiones, ut in T. Livii primo statim libro (c. 9): urbes quoque, ut cetera, ex infimo nasci;

deinde, etc.,

Quint. 9, 2, 37:

oratio,

Just. 38, 3, 11.— Hence, adv.: oblīquē, sideways, athwart, obliquely.

Lit. (class.):

quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20:

sublicae oblique agebantur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 9: procedere. Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95:

situs signifer,

id. 2, 15, 13, § 63.—

Trop., indirectly, covertly (post-Aug.):

aliquem castigare,

Tac. A. 3, 35:

perstringere aliquem,

id. ib. 5, 2:

admonere,

Gell. 3, 2, 16:

agere,

id. 7, 17, 4.

per-curro, percŭcurri or percurri, percursum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to run through, hasten through; to pass through, traverse, run over, pass over or along class.; syn. peragro).

Lit.:

percurrere agrum Picenum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 15:

labro calamos,

Lucr. 4, 588:

rapido percurrens turbine campos,

id. 1, 273:

pollice chordas,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 27:

conventus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:

Tenchteros et Cattos,

Flor. 4, 12:

aristas,

to speed over, Ov. M. 10, 655:

percurrens luna fenestras,

Prop. 1, 3, 31:

pectine telas,

Verg. A. 7, 14; id. G. 1, 294:

ignea rima micans percurrit lumine nimbos,

id. A. 8, 392: tempora nodo, i. e. to wind or bind round, Val. Fl. 6, 63.— Pass., Plin. 13, 12, 26, § 83:

hortus fontano umore percurritur,

Pall. 1, 6.—

Trop., to run through:

amplissimos honores percucurrit,

i. e. filled the highest offices one after another, Suet. Ner. 3:

quaesturam, praeturam,

id. Tib. 9; Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 7.—In pass.:

percursis honorum gradibus,

Amm. 15, 13, 2.—

To run over in speaking, to mention cursorily:

partes, quas modo percucurri,

Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52:

quae breviter a te percursa sunt,

id. ib. 1, 47, 205:

multas res oratione,

id. Div. 2, 46, 96:

omnia poenarum nomina,

Verg. A. 6, 627:

celebres in eā arte quam maximā brevitate,

Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 53:

modice beneficia,

to mention in a cursory manner, Tac. A. 4, 40:

paucis, quae cujusque ductu gens,

Vell. 2, 38, 1; Juv. 10, 225.—

To run over in the mind or with the eye, to scan briefly, to look over:

multa animo et cogitatione, multa etiam legendo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 50, 218:

atque id percurram brevi,

id. Div. in Caecil. 32, 94:

oculo,

to run over, Hor. S. 2, 5, 55:

paginas in annalious magistratuum,

to run through, to look over, Liv. 9, 18, 12:

pugnas,

Val. Fl. 6, 600.— Impers. pass., Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328.—

Of feelings, sensations, to run through, penetrate, agitate:

omnium pectora occulto metu percurrente,

Curt. 4, 12, 14. —

Neutr., to run, run along to or over any thing (class.):

curriculo percurre (ad villam),

run thither quickly, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 11:

ad forum,

id. And. 2, 2, 18: ad aliquem, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 4:

per temonem (currūs),

to run along the pole, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.:

per mare et terras,

Lucr. 6, 668.—

Trop. (very rare), to pass; with per, to run over in speaking, touch upon in succession:

nam per omnis civitates quae decumas habent, percurrit oratio mea,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 100.

plumbum, i, n. [for mlumbum; Gr. molmbos, molubdos], lead.

Lit.

In gen.:

dolia plumbo vincito,

Cato, R. R. 39:

plumbum album,

tin, Lucr. 6, 1079; Caes. B. G. 5, 12;

called also candidum,

Plin. 34, 16, 47, § 157;

but plumbum nigrum,

lead, id. 34, 16, 47, § 159.—

In partic.

A leaden ball or bullet ( poet.):

Balearica plumbum Funda jacit,

Ov. M. 2, 727; Verg. A. 9, 587.—

Leaden pipes ( poet.):

purior in vicis aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 20.—

A scourge with a leaden ball at the end of it ( poet.), Prud. steph. 10. 116.—

A pencil or ruler:

membrana plumbo directa,

Cat. 22, 7.—

Transf., a defect in the eye (post-Aug.): [p. 1389] plumbum (quod est genus vitii) ex oculo tollitur, Plin. 25, 13, 97, § 155.

prĕhendo ( prae-) and sync. pren-do ( praen-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [prae-hendo; cf. Gr. gento, chandanô], to lay hold of, to grasp, snatch, seize, catch, take (class.).

Lit.

In gen.: prehende auriculis, take by the ear-laps, a form of affectionate salutation, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78:

sine te exorem, sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem savium,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 163; cf. Tib. 2, 5, 92:

fauces alicui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 62:

quis me properantem prehendit pallio?

catches me by the cloak, id. Ep. 1, 1, 1:

dexteram,

id. ib. 2, 3, 65.—Of an embrace' alter ubi alterum bilingui manufesto inter se praehendunt, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 15; cf.:

aliquem manu,

Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240:

perdix aucupem jam jam prehensurum effugiens,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103; 30, 5, 12, § 40:

pisces,

Vulg. Johan. 21, 10.—

In partic.

To seize, occupy suddenly, take violent possession of:

Pharum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3:

quam prendimus arcem,

occupy, take refuge in, Verg. A. 2, 322.—

To lay or catch hold of, to detain one in order to speak with him:

tuos pater modo me prehendit: ait, etc.,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 16:

prendo hominem solum: Cur non, inquam,

id. Phorm. 4, 3, 15:

Syrus est prehendendus, atque exhortandus mihi,

id. Heaut. 3, 1, 89:

dextrā prehensum Continuit,

Verg. A. 2, 592; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2:

prende C. Septimium,

Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2.—

To seize, take by surprise, catch in the act; constr. with in and abl., the simple abl., or gen.:

in furto ubi sis prehensus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 17:

in patenti Prensus Aegaeo,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 1:

prensus manifesto furto,

Gell. 11, 18, 7: eā nocte speculatores prensi servi tres, Auct. B. Hisp. 20, 5: quem mendaci praendit manufestum modo, caught in a lie, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 45.—

Of trees, to take root:

quarum stirpes tellus amplexa prehendit,

Cic. Arat. 116:

ut cum (pirorum plantae) prehenderint, inserantur,

Pall. 3, 25:

vites transferre, sine ambiguitate prehendendi,

id. 3, 10.—

To reach, attain, arrive at ( poet.):

tandem Italiae fugientes prendimus oras,

Verg. A. 6, 61.—

Poet., to take in with the eye, to reach with the eye:

prendere aliquid oculorum lumine,

Lucr. 4, 1143:

vix oculo prendente modum,

taking in, embracing, Luc. 4, 20.—

Trop., of the mind, to seize, apprehend, comprehend (very rare):

cum animus ipsum (res omnes) moderantem atque regentem paene praehenderit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.