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1 ingenium
ingenium ī, n [1 in+GEN-], innate quality, nature, temperament, constitution: locorum hominumque ingenia, L.: arvorum, V.: ferae bestiae, praecipitia ingenia sortitae, Cu.—Natural disposition, temper, character, bent, inclination: est ingenio bono, T.: in liberos lene, T.: inverecundum animi: vera loqui etsi meum ingenium non moneret, L.: redire ad ingenium, natural bent, T.: Volscis levatis metu suum rediit ingenium, L.: virile, S.: mitis ingeni iuvenem, L.: temperare suum, temper, L.: eiusdem ingeni est, tradere, etc.—Natural capacity, talents, parts, abilities, genius: quid abest homini? an ingenium?: ingenio abundare: excellens ac singulare: praestantissimum: durum, H.: in promptu habere, S.: celeres ingeni motūs: vigor, O.: docilitas, N.: qui ingenio parum possum: ingeni acuendi causā: ea vestris ingeniis committo: ingenia ad intellegendum aptiora.—A nature, character: ut magistratus mansueto permitteretur ingenio, L.—A genius, man of genius, clever person: excellens: id in magnis ingeniis plerumque contingit: idem ad res diversissimas habilius, L.: Praemia ingeniis posuere, i. e. poets, V.* * *Inature, innate quality; natural disposition/capacity; character; talentIItrick, clever device -
2 māteria and māteriēs
māteria and māteriēs ae, acc. am and em, f [mater], stuff, matter, material, timber, substance: earum (navium) materiā ad reliquas reficiendas uti, Cs.: rerum, ex quā et in quā sunt omnia: materiam superabat opus, O.: si nihil valet materies: consumpserat omnem Materiam, means of subsistence, O.—Fig., a subject, matter, subject-matter, topic, ground, theme: artis: bella ad iocandum: materies crescit mihi, the subject grows on me: aequa Viribus, suited to your powers, H.— A cause, occasion, source, opportunity: gloriae suae: seditionis: ratio cui et fortuna ipsa prae<*> buit materiam, L.: criminandi, L.: materiam invidiae dare: iocorum, Iu.— A resource, store: consumpserat omnem Materiam ficti, O.— Naturai abilities, capacity, disposition: fac, fuisse in isto Catonis materiem: ingentis publice privatimque decoris, L.: ad cupiditatem, L.: materiā digna perire tuā, unfeeling disposition, O. -
3 pēs
pēs pedis, m [PED-], a foot: nudus, T.: pedibus aeger, S.: si pes condoluit: pede tellurem pulsare, i. e. dance, H.: cycnum pedibus uncis Sustulit, talons, V.: pedum digiti, toes, O.: numquam huc tetulissem pedem, would have come hither, T.: Nusquam pedem (sc. feram), I won't stir a step, T.: pedem ferre, go, V.: si in fundo pedem posuisses, set foot: profugum referre pedem, return, O.: magis pedem conferre, come to closer quarters: ut prope conlato pede gereretur res, almost hand to hand, L.: votis malignum Opponit nostris pedem, sets her foot against (of Fortune), O.: retrahitque pedem simul unda relabens, V.: ego me in pedes (dedi), took to my heels, T.— Abl plur. (rarely sing.), of motion, afoot, on foot, marching, walking: pedibus vincere, in running, O.: cum ingressus iter pedibus sit: pedibus compensari pecuniam, i. e. the long walk to the property makes up for its cheapness: ut omnes pedibus mererent, serve as infantry, L.: cum illud iter pedibus confici soleat, by land: quod flumen pedibus transiri potest, be forded, Cs.: in quam sententiam cum pedibus iretur, i. e. when a division was taken on this question, L.: cum omnes in sententiam eius pedibus irent, voted for his resolution, L.: Quo bene coepisti, sic pede semper eas, O.: tua dexter adi pede sacra secundo, expressive of favor, V.: Ripa felici tacta sit pede, propitious, O.: quid tam dextro pede concipis, etc., auspiciously (the right foot being associated with good omens), Iu.— Acc plur. with ad: ad pedes descensum ab Romanis est, the Romans dismounted, L.: magnā ex parte ad pedes pugna venerat, mainly an infantry fight, L.: ad pedes omnium singillatim accidente Clodio, supplicating each: vos ad pedes lenonis proiecistis: cui cum se maesta turba ad pedes provolvisset, L.— In expression of subjection or inferiority: servus a pedibus, footman: Omnia sub pedibus vertique regique, under their sway, V.: duas urbīs sub pedibus tuis relinquemus, L.: Sub pedibus timor est, is spurned, O.—In the phrase, pedibus trahi, to be dragged by the heels, go to the dogs: trahantur per me pedibus omnes rei.—In the phrase, ante pedes, before the feet, in plain view, evident: quod ante pedes est, Videre, T.: eos ante pedes suos iugulari coëgit.—In phrases with caput: tuas res ita contractas, ut nec caput nec pedes (habeant), i. e. neither beginning nor end: ut nec pes nec caput uni Reddatur formae, i. e. the several parts, H.—In the phrase, manibus pedibus, with might and main: Conari manibus pedibus noctīsque et dies, T.—Meton., of a couch or table, a foot, leg, prop: Lectuli pedes, T.: mensae, O.: grabati, a handle, Ct.—In navigation, a sheet, sail-rope: pede labitur aequo, i. e. before the wind, O.: pedibus aequis: unā omnes fecere pedem, i. e. let out the sheet, V.—In verse, a foot: herous: pedibus claudere verba, to make verses, H.: Musa per undenos emodulanda pedes, in hexameters and pentameters, O.: extremum seu trahat pedem, i. e. limps (of the choliambus), O.— A kind of verse, measure: Et pede, quo debent acria bella geri, O.: Lesbius, H. —As a measure, a foot: intervallum pedum duorum, Cs.: pedem discessisse: pede suo se metiri, by his own foot-rule, i. e. by his own abilities, H.* * * -
4 varius
varius adj. —Of color and appearance, variegated, party-colored, mottled, diverse, various: vestis, T.: lynces, V.: flores, O.: columnae, of variegated marble, H.: auctumnus Purpureo colere, H.: Sparsa quoque in vario passim miracula caelo videt, diversified, O.—Fig., diverse, different, manifold, changing, varying, changeable, various: varium poëma, varia oratio, varii mores, varia fortuna; voluptas etiam varia dici solet: curricula multiplicium variorumque sermonum: rationes: ius: bellum variā victoriā fuit. S.: varias esse opiniones intellego sunt qui putant, etc., i. e. differences of view (i. e. with substantial agreement): quales sint (dii), varium est, various opinions prevail.—Of abilities, versatile: Plato varius et multiplex fuit.—Of character, fickle, inconstant, changeable, untrustworthy: quam non varius fuerit in causā: varius incertusque agitabat, S.: in omni genere vitae, N.: varium et mutabile semper Femina, a fickle thing, V.* * *varia, varium ADJdifferent; various, diverse; changing; colored; party colored, variegated -
5 ingeniosus
ingeniosa -um, ingeniosior -or -us, ingeniosissimus -a -um ADJclever, ingenious; naturally suited (to); having natural abilities/talents -
6 indoles
ind-ŏles, is, f. [indu = in-olesco; indoles, incrementum, industria, Paul. ex Fest. p. 106 Müll.], an inborn or native quality, natural quality, nature (class.; cf. ingenium).I.In gen.:II.quae indoles in savio est!
Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 10:frugum pecudum, Liv 38, 17, 10: arborum,
Gell. 12, 1, 16.—In partic., native quality, natural abilities of men, talents, genius, disposition:adulescentes bonā indole praediti,
Cic. de Sen. 8, 26:virtutis,
id. Off. 3, 4, 16; cf.:virtutum atque vitiorum,
Liv. 21, 4 fin.:major ad virtutem,
Cic. Or. 13, 41:segnis,
Tac. A. 12, 26:praeclara,
id. H. 1, 15:adulescens laetae indolis,
Gell. 19, 9, 1:gener ob altam indolem adscitus,
Liv. 21, 2, 4.—In plur.:bonae animi indoles,
Gell. 19, 12, 5. -
7 ingeniosus
ingĕnĭōsus ( ingĕnŭ-), a, um, adj. [ingenium], intellectual, superior in intellect, endowed with a good capacity, gifted with genius, of good natural talents or abilities, clever, ingenious.I.Lit.:II.Aristoteles quidem ait, omnes ingeniosos melancholicos esse,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80:ingeniosi vocantur,
id. Fin. 5, 13, 36:vir ingeniosus et eruditus,
id. Att. 14, 20, 3:quo quisque est solertior et ingeniosior,
id. Rosc. Com. 11, 31:homo ingeniosissimus,
id. Mur. 30, 62:ad aliquid,
Ov. M. 11, 313:dandis ingeniosa notis,
id. Am. 1, 11, 4:esse in aliqua re, Mart. praef. 1: in poenas,
Ov. Tr. 2, 342:res est ingeniosa dare,
giving requires good sense, id. Am. 1, 8, 62. —Transf., of inanimate things.A. B.Adapted to, apt, fit for any thing:vox mutandis ingeniosa sonis,
Ov. Am. 2, 6, 18:terra ingeniosa colenti,
id. H. 6, 117:ad segetes ager,
id. F. 4, 684.— Sup.:ingenuosissimus,
Inscr. Murat. 1742, 15.— Adv.: ingĕnĭōsē, acutely, wittily, ingeniously:tractantur ista ingeniose,
Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 87:electas res collocare,
id. Inv. 1, 6, 81:dicere,
Quint. 1, 6, 36.— Comp., Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 42.— Sup.:homo ingeniosissime nequam,
Vell. 2, 48, 3. -
8 ingenium
I.In gen. (so mostly poet.; in Sall. and in postAug. prose;II.not in Cic. or Cæs.): pro ingenio ego me liberum esse ratus sum, pro imperio tuo tibi servire aequom censeo,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 22: ite in frundiferos locos Ingenio arbusta ubi nata sunt, non obsita, by their own nature, Naev. ap. Non. 323, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 28 Rib.); so,loci,
Sall. H. 3, 18 Dietsch:locorum hominumque ingenia,
Liv. 28, 12, 11; Tac. A. 6, 41; id. H. 1, 51; Flor. 2, 6, 16 al.:terrae,
Liv. 37, 54, 21:montis,
Tac. H. 2, 4; cf.:campi suopte ingenio humentes,
id. ib. 5, 14:arvorum,
Verg. G. 2, 177;and, portūs,
Sil. 14, 283:arbores sui cujusque ingenii poma ferunt,
Col. 3, 1, 2:lactis ingenia et proprietates,
Gell. 12, 1, 14:ingenium velox igni, Sev. Aetn. 214: crines ingenio suo flexi,
naturally, Petr. 126:ut magistratus imperio suo vehemens mansueto permitteretur ingenio,
Liv. 2, 30, 4; cf.:cum honesta suopte ingenio peterentur,
in consequence of its own nature, Tac. A. 3, 26:mitis ingenio,
id. ib. 6, 15:cunctator ingenio,
id. ib. 15, 1:ingenio trux,
id. H. 1, 21.—Rarely of beasts: mitior ad feras bestias, praecipitia ingenia sortitas,
Curt. 8, 1, 35.—In partic., of persons.A.Natural disposition, temper, mode of thinking, character, bent, inclination:2.feci ego ingenium meum,
have acted out, Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 2:ita ingenium meumst,
id. Am. 3, 2, 18:ut ingenium est omnium hominum ab labore proclive ad lubidinem,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 50:liberale,
id. ib. 4, 5, 59:pium ac pudicum,
id. Hec. 1, 2, 77:durum atque inexorabile,
id. Phorm. 3, 2, 12:inhumanum,
id. Eun. 5, 2, 41:lene in liberos,
id. Heaut. 1, 1, 99:utinam nunc matrescam ingenio,
Pac. Con. Rel. v. 139 Rib. (1 Rib., maturescam):mobile,
Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 22:cicur et mansuetum,
Varr. L. L. 7, § 91 Müll.:inverecundum animi,
Cic. Inv. 1, 45, 83: vera loqui etsi meum ingenium non moneret. Liv. 3, 68, 9:ingenio suo vivere,
id. 3, 36, 1: redire ad ingenium, to return to one ' s natural bent, to one ' s old courses, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 46:Volscis levatis metu suum rediit ingenium,
Liv. 2, 22, 3: quae maxime ad muliebre ingenium efficaces preces sunt, id. 1, 9, 16:vanum dictatoris,
id. 1, 27, 1:mitis ingenii juvenem,
id. 1, 46, 4:Turni ferox,
id. 1, 51, 7:temperare suum,
to control his temper, id. 8, 36, 5:horrida,
Curt. 4, 6, 3:molliora,
id. 5, 6, 18:humana,
id. 5, 10, 13:felix,
Sen. Ep. 95, 36:rapax,
id. ad Helv. 17, 4:atrox,
Tac. A. 4, 50:procax,
id. H. 3, 32: ingenium ingeni, in Plautus, signifies peculiarity of disposition, Stich. 1, 2, 69.—Concr. collect.:B.tanto corruptius iter immixtis histrionibus et spadonum gregibus et cetero Neronianae aulae ingenio,
the people who gave character to the court, Tac. H. 2, 71.—With respect to intelligence.1.Natural capacity, talents, parts, abilities, genius:2.docilitas, memoria, quae fere appellantur uno ingenii nomine,
Cic. Fin. 5, 13, 36:ingenium ad fingendum,
id. Font. 14, 30:excellens ac singulare,
id. de Or. 2, 74, 298:vir acerrimo ingenio,
id. Or. 5, 18:cujus tanta vis ingenii est, ut, etc.,
id. de Or. 2, 74, 299:tardum,
id. ib. 2, 27, 117:acutum aut retusum,
id. de Div. 1, 36, 72:eximium,
id. Tusc. 5, 24, 68:praestantissimum,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 51:magnum,
id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:illustre,
id. Cael. 1, 1:oratorium,
Tac. Dial. 10:pulcherrimum et maximum,
Plin. Ep. 8, 12, 4:hebetatum, fractum, contusum,
id. ib. 8, 14, 9:celeres ingenii motus,
Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 113:ingenii acies,
id. ib. 3, 5, 20:ingenii lumen,
id. Brut. 15, 59:ingenii vis,
id. Phil. 5, 18, 49:ingenii vena,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 9:ingenii vigor,
Ov. M. 8, 254:ingenii celeritas,
Nep. Eum. 1:ingenii docilitas,
id. Att. 1:ingenio abundare,
Cic. Fam. 4, 8, 1:ingenio valere,
Quint. 1, 8, 8:ingenio divino esse,
Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 117:ingenio hebeti esse,
id. Phil. 10, 8, 17:in eo ingenium ejus elucere videbatis,
id. Cael. 19, 45:colere et imbuere ingenium artibus,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 16:acuere,
Quint. 1, 4, 7:alere,
id. 1, 8, 8:exercere multiplici variāque materiā,
id. 2, 4, 20:versabatur in hoc nostro studio cum ingenio,
with cleverness, Cic. Fam. 13, 10, 2; so,cum ingenio,
Dig. 1, 16, 9:ingenii memoria immortalis est,
Sen. Polyb. 18, 2.— Plur.:acutiora ingenia et ad intellegendum aptiora eorum, qui, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 16, 42:aliae (partes agrorum) quae acuta ingenia gignant, aliae quae retusa,
intellects, id. Div. 1, 36, 79 fin. —Transf.a.A genius, i. e. a man of genius, a clever, ingenious person:b.excepi voluntatem tam excellens ingenium fuisse in civitate,
Cic. Brut. 40, 147; id. Rep. 2, 1, 2; Liv. 41, 4, 3:nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit,
Sen. Tranq. An. 17, 10. — Plur.:ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 62:decora,
Tac. A. 1, 1:magna,
id. H. 1, 1:nostra (i. e. oratores,
id. Dial. 1; id. Agr. 2; Sen. Ep. 2, 1; id. ad Polyb. 27, 1:candidissimus omnium magnorum ingeniorum aestimator Livius,
id. Suas. 6, 22:ingenia et artes vel maxime fovit,
Suet. Vesp. 18; id. Aug. 89:id in magnis animis ingeniisque plerumque contingit,
Cic. Off. 1, 22, 74.—Of things, an invention, a clever thought:exquisita ingenia cenarum,
Plin. Pan. 49, 7; cf. Tac. H. 3, 28:noctium suarum ingenia (= flagitiosae libidinis inventiones),
voluptuous inventions, id. A. 16, 20. -
9 ingenuosus
ingĕnĭōsus ( ingĕnŭ-), a, um, adj. [ingenium], intellectual, superior in intellect, endowed with a good capacity, gifted with genius, of good natural talents or abilities, clever, ingenious.I.Lit.:II.Aristoteles quidem ait, omnes ingeniosos melancholicos esse,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80:ingeniosi vocantur,
id. Fin. 5, 13, 36:vir ingeniosus et eruditus,
id. Att. 14, 20, 3:quo quisque est solertior et ingeniosior,
id. Rosc. Com. 11, 31:homo ingeniosissimus,
id. Mur. 30, 62:ad aliquid,
Ov. M. 11, 313:dandis ingeniosa notis,
id. Am. 1, 11, 4:esse in aliqua re, Mart. praef. 1: in poenas,
Ov. Tr. 2, 342:res est ingeniosa dare,
giving requires good sense, id. Am. 1, 8, 62. —Transf., of inanimate things.A. B.Adapted to, apt, fit for any thing:vox mutandis ingeniosa sonis,
Ov. Am. 2, 6, 18:terra ingeniosa colenti,
id. H. 6, 117:ad segetes ager,
id. F. 4, 684.— Sup.:ingenuosissimus,
Inscr. Murat. 1742, 15.— Adv.: ingĕnĭōsē, acutely, wittily, ingeniously:tractantur ista ingeniose,
Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 87:electas res collocare,
id. Inv. 1, 6, 81:dicere,
Quint. 1, 6, 36.— Comp., Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 42.— Sup.:homo ingeniosissime nequam,
Vell. 2, 48, 3. -
10 Laelia
Laelĭus, a, name of a Roman gens.— So esp.,1.C. Lælius, a friend of Scipio Africanus: in quo Laeliu' clamores, sophos ille, solebat Edere, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Fin. 2, 8, 24; cf.:2.nec dubitare illum (C. Laelium) in omni sermone appellare sapientem,
Cic. Lael. 1, 1; id. Brut. 21, 82; cf. Hor. S. 2, 1, 65; 72. Cicero's treatise on Friendship is named after him.—D. Lælius, a writer of moderate abilities, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 25.—3.Another D. Lælius, perh. a son of the preceding, an adherent of Pompey, Caes. B. C. 3, 40.—In fem.: Laelĭa, ae, daughter of C. Lælius, and mother-in-law of L. Crassus, celebrated for her intellectual culiure, Cic. Brut. 58, 211.—Another Lælia, a Vestal, Tac. A. 15, 22.—Hence, Laelĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Lælius, Lælian: naves, i. e. of Pompey's commander, D. Lælius, Caes. B. C. 3, 100, 2. -
11 Laelianus
Laelĭus, a, name of a Roman gens.— So esp.,1.C. Lælius, a friend of Scipio Africanus: in quo Laeliu' clamores, sophos ille, solebat Edere, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Fin. 2, 8, 24; cf.:2.nec dubitare illum (C. Laelium) in omni sermone appellare sapientem,
Cic. Lael. 1, 1; id. Brut. 21, 82; cf. Hor. S. 2, 1, 65; 72. Cicero's treatise on Friendship is named after him.—D. Lælius, a writer of moderate abilities, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 25.—3.Another D. Lælius, perh. a son of the preceding, an adherent of Pompey, Caes. B. C. 3, 40.—In fem.: Laelĭa, ae, daughter of C. Lælius, and mother-in-law of L. Crassus, celebrated for her intellectual culiure, Cic. Brut. 58, 211.—Another Lælia, a Vestal, Tac. A. 15, 22.—Hence, Laelĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Lælius, Lælian: naves, i. e. of Pompey's commander, D. Lælius, Caes. B. C. 3, 100, 2. -
12 Laelius
Laelĭus, a, name of a Roman gens.— So esp.,1.C. Lælius, a friend of Scipio Africanus: in quo Laeliu' clamores, sophos ille, solebat Edere, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Fin. 2, 8, 24; cf.:2.nec dubitare illum (C. Laelium) in omni sermone appellare sapientem,
Cic. Lael. 1, 1; id. Brut. 21, 82; cf. Hor. S. 2, 1, 65; 72. Cicero's treatise on Friendship is named after him.—D. Lælius, a writer of moderate abilities, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 25.—3.Another D. Lælius, perh. a son of the preceding, an adherent of Pompey, Caes. B. C. 3, 40.—In fem.: Laelĭa, ae, daughter of C. Lælius, and mother-in-law of L. Crassus, celebrated for her intellectual culiure, Cic. Brut. 58, 211.—Another Lælia, a Vestal, Tac. A. 15, 22.—Hence, Laelĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Lælius, Lælian: naves, i. e. of Pompey's commander, D. Lælius, Caes. B. C. 3, 100, 2. -
13 materia
mātĕrĭa, ae ( gen. materiāi, Lucr. 1, 1051), and mātĕrĭes, ēi (only in nom. and acc. sing., and once gen. plur. materierum, Lact. 2, 12, 1; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 383), f. [from same root with mater, q. v.], stuff, matter, materials of which any thing is composed; so the wood of a tree, vine, etc., timber for building (opp. lignum, wood for fuel); nutritive matter or substance for food (class.).I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.materia rerum, ex qua et in qua sunt omnia,
Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 92; cf. id. Ac. 1, 6, 7:materiam superabat opus,
Ov. M. 2, 5:materiae apparatio,
Vitr. 2, 8, 7:rudis,
i. e. chaos, Luc. 2, 8; cf.: omnis fere materia nondum formata rudis appellatur, Cinc. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 265 Müll.:(arbor) inter corticem et materiem,
Col. 5, 11, 4:crispa,
Plin. 16, 28, 51, § 119:materiae longitudo,
Col. 4, 24, 3:vitis in materiam, frondemque effunditur,
id. 4, 21, 2:si nihil valet materies,
Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:in eam insulam materiam, calcem, caementa, atque arma convexit,
id. Mil. 27, 74:caesa,
Col. 11, 2, 11; cf. Caes. B. G. 4, 17; 5, 39:cornus non potest videri materies propter exilitatem, sed lignum,
Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 206:materiae, lignorum aggestus,
Tac. A. 1, 35:videndum est ut materies suppetat scutariis,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 35:proba materies est, si probum adhibes fabrum,
id. Poen. 4, 2, 93: imprimebatur sculptura materiae anuli, sive ex ferro sive ex auro foret, Macr. S. 7, 13, 11. — Plur.:deūm imagines mortalibus materiis in species hominum effingere,
Tac. H. 5, 5.—Of food:imbecillissimam materiam esse omnem caulem oleris,
Cels. 2, 18, 39 sqq.; cf. of the means of subsistence:consumere omnem materiam,
Ov. M. 8, 876; matter, in gen.:materies aliqua mala erat,
Aug. Conf. 7, 5, 2.—In abstract, matter, the material universe:Deus ex materia ortus est, aut materia ex Deo,
Lact. 2, 8.—Esp., matter of suppuration, pus, Cels. 3, 27, 4.—II.Transf., a stock, race, breed:III.quod ex vetere materia nascitur, plerumque congeneratum parentis senium refert,
Col. 7, 3, 15:generosa (equorum),
id. 6, 27 init. —Trop.A.The matter, subjectmatter, subject, topic, ground, theme of any exertion of the mental powers, as of an art or science, an oration, etc.: materiam artis eam dicimus in qua omnis ars et facultas, quae conficitur ex arte, versatur. Ut si medicinae materiam dicamus morbos ac vulnera, quod in his omnis medicina versetur;B.item quibus in rebus versatur ars et facultas oratoria, eas res materiam artis rhetoricae nominamus,
Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 17:quasi materia, quam tractet, et in qua versetur, subjecta est veritas,
id. Off. 1, 5, 16:est enim deformitatis et corporis vitiorum satis bella materies ad jocandum,
id. de Or. 2, 59, 239; 1, 11, 49; id. Rosc. Com. 32, 89; id. Div. 2, 4, 12:sermonum,
id. Q. Fr 1, 2, 1: materies crescit mihi, my matter (for writing about) increases, id. Att. 2, 12, 3: rei. id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1:aequa viribus,
a subject suited to your powers, Hor. A. P. 38:infames,
Gell. 17, 12, 1:extra materiam juris,
the province, Gai. Inst. 2, 191.—A cause, occasion, source, opportunity (cf. mater, II.):C.quid enim odisset Clodium Milo segetem ac materiam suae gloriae?
Cic. Mil. 13, 35 (for which shortly before:fons perennis gloriae suae): materies ingentis decoris,
Liv. 1, 39, 3:non praebiturum se illi eo die materiam,
id. 3, 46, 3:major orationis,
id. 35, 12, 10:criminandi,
id. 3, 31, 4:omnium malorum,
Sall. C. 10:materiam invidiae dare,
Cic. Phil. 11, 9, 21:materiam bonitati dare,
id. de Or. 2, 84, 342:scelerum,
Just. 3, 2, 12:seditionis,
id. 11, 5, 3:laudis,
Luc. 8, 16:benefaciendi,
Plin. Pan. 38:ne quid materiae praeberet Neroni,
occasion of jealousy, Suet. Galb. 9:epistolae, quae materiam sermonibus praebuere,
Tac. H. 4, 4:praebere materiam causasque jocorum,
Juv. 3, 147:materiamque sibi ducis indulgentia quaerit,
id. 7, 21.—Natural abilities, talents, genius, disposition:D.fac, fuisse in isto C. Laelii, M. Catonis materiem atque indolem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 160:in animis humanis,
id. Inv. 1, 2, 2:materiam ingentis publice privatimade decoris omni indulgentia nostra nutriamus,
Liv. 1, 39, 3:ad cupiditatem,
id. 1, 46; Quint. 2, 4, 7.—Hence, one's nature, natural character:non sum materia digna perire tua,
thy unfeeling disposition, Ov. H. 4, 86.—A subject, argument, course of thought, topic (post-Aug.):tertium diem esse, quod omni labore materiae ad scribendum destinatae non inveniret exordium,
Quint. 10, 3, 14:argumentum plura significat... omnem ad scribendum destinatam materiam ita appellari,
id. 5, 10, 9:video non futurum finem in ista materia ullum, nisi quem ipse mihi fecero,
Sen. Ep. 87, 11:pulcritudinem materiae considerare,
Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 2; 2, 5, 5:materiam ex titulo cognosces,
id. ib. 5, 13, 3 al. (materies animi est, materia arboris;et materies qualitas ingenii, materia fabris apta,
Front. II. p. 481 Mai.; but this distinction is not observed by class. writers). -
14 Minerva
Mĭnerva (old orthogr. Menerva, like magester, leber, etc., acc. to Quint. 1, 4, 17), ae, f. [from the root men, whence mens, memini, moneo, etc.; v. infra], a Roman goddess, identified with the Grecian Pallas Athene, the daughter of Zeus, and the goddess of wisdom, of sense and reflection, of the arts and sciences, of poetry, and of spinning and weaving: Minerva dicta, quod bene moneat. Hanc enim pagani pro sapientiā ponebant; Cornificius vero, quod fingatur pingaturque minitans armis, eandem dictam putat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 180; 3, 23, 59; Varr. L. L. 5, § 74 Müll.:A.daedala, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. daedalam, p. 68: Minerva nostra, custos urbis,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 1:Minerva Iliensis,
Ulp. Fragm. 22, 6:Aristoteles... Minervam esse Lunam probabilibus argumentis demonstrat,
Arn. 3, 31.—Prov.: pingui or crassā Minervā aliquid facere, without art, skill, or learning, plainly, rudely, Col. 1 praef. § 33; Cic. Lael 5, 19:rusticus crassā Minervā,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 3:invitā Minervā,
contrary to the bent of one's genius or natural abilities, against the grain, Hor. A. P. 385: quia nihil [p. 1146] decet invitā, ut aiunt, Minervā, id est adversante et repugnante naturā, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 301:sus Minervam (docet),
a stupid man will instruct a wise one, Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 18:omnis Minervae homo,
jack - of - alltrades, Petr. 43, 8: MINERVA MEDICA, i. e. medicina, the goddess of health, Inscr Rein. 11, 81:fecit ex ebore aeque Minervam,
a statue of Minerva, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 54. — Transf.A working in wool, spinning and weaving:B.tolerare colo vitam tenuique Minervā ( = telā, lanificio),
Verg. A. 8, 409; Ov. M. 4, 33; Prop. 2, 9, 5.—To form the name of a place.1.Minervae Arx, v. Minervius, II. B.—2.Minervae Promontorium, a promontory in Campania, to the south-east of Surrentum, the abode of the Sirens, now Punta della Capanella, Liv. 40, 18, 8; Ov. M. 15, 709. -
15 peringeniosus
pĕr-ingĕnĭōsus, a, um, adj., of good natural abilities, very clever:homines,
Cic. Brut. 24, 92. -
16 pes
pēs, pĕdis, m. [kindr. with Sanscr. pād, foot, from root pad, ire; Gr. pod-, pous; Goth. fōt; old Germ. vuoz; Engl. foot], a foot of man or beast.I.Lit.:B.si pes condoluit,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:calcei apti ad pedem,
id. de Or. 1, 54, 231:nec manus, nec pedes, nec alia membra,
id. Univ. 6:pede tellurem pulsare,
i. e. to dance, Hor. C. 1, 37, 1; cf.:alterno pede terram quatere,
id. ib. 1, 4, 7;4, 1, 27: pedis aptissima forma,
Ov. Am. 3, 3, 7:aves omnes in pedes nascuntur,
are born feet first, Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149:cycnum pedibus Jovis armiger uncis Sustulit,
Verg. A. 9, 564; cf. id. ib. 11, 723: pedem ferre, to go or come, id. G. 1, 11:si in fundo pedem posuisses,
set foot, Cic. Caecin. 11, 31: pedem efferre, to step or go out, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 19:qui pedem portā non extulit,
Cic. Att. 8, 2, 4; 6, 8, 5:pedem portā non plus extulit quam domo suā,
id. ib. 8, 2, 4: pedem limine efferre, id. Cael. 14, 34: pedem referre, revocare, retrahere, to go or come back, to return:profugum referre pedem,
Ov. H. 15, 186; id. M. 2, 439.—Said even of streams:revocatque pedem Tiberinus ab alto,
Verg. A. 9, 125:retrahitque pedes simul unda relabens,
id. ib. 10, 307; cf. infra, II. H.: pedibus, on foot, afoot:cum ingressus iter pedibus sit,
Cic. Sen. 10, 34; Suet. Aug. 53.—Esp. in phrase: pedibus ire, venire, etc.: pedibus proficisci,
Liv. 26, 19:pedibus iter conficere,
id. 44, 5:quod flumen uno omnino loco pedibus transire potest,
Caes. B. G. 5, 18:(Caesar) pedibus Narbonem pervenit,
id. B. C. 2, 21:ut neque pedibus aditum haberent,
id. B. G. 3, 12 init. —Rarely pede ire ( poet. and late Lat.):quo bene coepisti, sic pede semper eas,
Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 66:Jordanem transmiserunt pede,
Ambros. in Psa. 118, 165, n. 16.— Trop.:Bacchus flueret pede suo,
i. e. wine unmixed with water, Auct. Aetn. 13; cf.:musta sub adducto si pede nulla fluant,
Ov. P. 2, 9, 32, and II. H. infra.—Pregn., by land:cum illud iter Hispaniense pedibus fere confici soleat: aut si quis navigare velit, etc.,
Cic. Vatin. 5, 12:seu pedibus Parthos sequimur, seu classe Britannos,
Prop. 2, 20, 63 (3, 23, 5):ego me in pedes (conicio),
take to my heels, make off, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 5.— Esp.: ad pedes alicui or alicujus, accidere, procidere, jacere, se abicere, se proicere, procumbere, etc., to approach as a suppliant, to fall at one's feet:ad pedes omnium singillatim accidente Clodio,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:abjectā togā se ad generi pedes abiecit,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:rex procidit ad pedes Achillei,
Hor. Epod. 17, 14:vos ad pedes lenonis proiecistis,
Cic. Sest. 11, 26:filius se ad pedes meos prosternens,
id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:tibi sum supplex, Nec moror ante tuos procubuisse pedes,
Ov. H. 12, 186:cui cum se moesta turba ad pedes provolvisset,
Liv. 6, 3, 4:ad pedes Caesaris provoluta regina,
Flor. 4, 11, 9:(mater una) mihi ad pedes misera jacuit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 129; cf.:amplecti pedes potui,
Ov. M. 9, 605:complector, regina, pedes,
Luc. 10, 89:servus a pedibus,
a footman, lackey, Cic. Att. 8, 5, 1: sub pedibus, under one's feet, i. e. in one's power, Verg. A. 7, 100; Liv. 34, 32: sub pedibus esse or jacere, to be or lie under one's feet, i. e. to be disregarded ( poet.):sors ubi pessima rerum, Sub pedibus timor est,
Ov. M. 14, 490:amicitiae nomen Re tibi pro vili sub pedibusque jacet,
id. Tr. 1, 8, 16: pedem opponere, to put one's foot against, i. e. to withstand, resist, oppose ( poet.), id. P. 4, 6, 8: pedem trahere, to drag one's foot, i. e. to halt, limp; said of scazontic verse, id. R. Am. 378: trahantur haec pedibus, may be dragged by the heels, i. e. may go to the dogs (class.):fratrem mecum et te si habebo, per me ista pedibus trahantur,
Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10; id. Fam. 7, 32, 2: ante pedes esse or ante pedes posita esse, to lie before one's feet, i. e. before one's eyes, to be evident, palpable, glaring:istuc est sapere, non quod ante pedes modo est, Videre, sed etiam illa, quae futura sunt, Prospicere,
Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 32:transilire ante pedes posita, et alia longe repetita sumere,
Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 160:omni pede stare,
i. e. to use every effort, make every exertion, Quint. 12, 9, 18: nec caput nec pes, neither head nor foot, beginning nor end, no part:nec caput nec pes sermonum apparet,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 139:garriet quoi neque pes neque caput conpareat,
id. Capt. 3, 4, 81: tuas res ita contractas, ut, quemadmodum scribis, nec caput nec pedes, Curio ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 2:ut nec pes nec caput uni Reddatur formae,
Hor. A. P. 8:dixit Cato, eam legationem nec caput, nec pedes, nec cor habere,
Liv. Epit. 50: pes felix, secundus, i. e. a happy or fortunate arrival:adi pede secundo,
Verg. A. 8, 302:felix,
Ov. F. 1, 514; cf.:boni pedis homo, id est cujus adventus afferat aliquid felicitatis,
Aug. Ep. ad Max. Gram. 44.—So esp. pes dexter, because it was of good omen to move the right foot first;temples had an uneven number of steps, that the same foot might touch the first step and first enter the temple,
Vitr. 3, 3; cf. Petr. 30:quove pede ingressi?
Prop. 3 (4), 1, 6.—So the left foot was associated with bad omens; cf. Suet. Aug. 92 init.:pessimo pede domum nostram accessit,
App. M. 6, 26, p. 184, 1; hence, dextro pede, auspiciously: quid tam dextro [p. 1363] pede concipis, etc., Juv. 10, 5: pedibus pecunia compensatur, said proverbially of distant lands purchased at a cheap rate, but which it costs a great deal to reach, Cato ap. Cic. Fl. 29, 72: a pedibus usque ad caput, from head to foot, all over (late Lat.; cf.:ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20), Aug. in Psa. 55, 20; 90, 1, 2 et saep.; cf.:a vestigio pedis usque ad verticem,
Ambros. Offic. Min. 2, 22, 114.—In partic.1.Milit. t. t.: descendere ad pedes, to alight, dismount, of cavalry, Liv. 9, 22:2.pedibus merere,
to serve on foot, as a foot-soldier, id. 24, 18:ad pedes pugna ierat,
they fought on foot, id. 21, 46: pedem conferre, to come to close quarters:collato pede rem gerere,
id. 26, 39; Cic. Planc. 19, 48.—Publicist's t. t.: pedibus ire in sententiam alicujus, to adopt one's opinion, take sides with one:3.cum omnes in sententiam ejus pedibus irent,
Liv. 9, 8, 13; 5, 9, 2.—In mal. part.:II.pedem or pedes tollere, extollere (ad concubitum),
Mart. 10, 81, 4; 11, 71, 8;hence the lusus verbb. with pedem dare and tollere,
Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5. —Transf.A.A foot of a table, stool, bench, etc., Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 46:B.mensae sed erat pes tertius impar,
Ov. M. 8, 661; cf.:pedem et nostrum dicimus, et lecti, et veli, ut carminis (v. in the foll.),
Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 2:tricliniorum,
Plin. 34, 2, 4, § 9:subsellii,
Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68:pes argenteus (mensae),
Juv. 11, 128.—Pes veli, a rope attached to a sail for the purpose of setting it to the wind, a sheet:C.sive utrumque Juppiter Simul secundus incidisset in pedem,
Cat. 4, 19:pede labitur aequo,
i. e. before the wind, with the wind right aft, Ov. F. 3, 565:pedibus aequis,
Cic. Att. 16, 6 init.; cf. also the passage quoted above from Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 2; and:prolato pede, transversos captare Notos,
id. Med. 322.— Hence, facere pedem, to veer out one sheet, to take advantage of a side wind, to haul the wind: una omnes fecere pedem;pariterque sinistros, Nunc dextros solvere sinus,
Verg. A. 5, 830:prolatis pedibus,
Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128.—The foot of a mountain (post-class.):D.Orontes imos pedes Casii montis praetermeans,
Amm. 14, 8, 10 al. —Ground, soil, territory (post-class.):E.in Caesariensis pede,
Sol. 3, 2:omnis Africa Zeugitano pede incipit,
id. 27, 1; cf.:quamvis angustum pedem dispositio fecit habitabilem,
Sen. Tranq. An. 10, 4.—The stalk or pedicle of a fruit, esp. of the grape, together with the husk:F. G.vinaceorum pes proruitur,
Col. 12, 43; so id. 12, 36.—Of the olive, Plin. 15, 1, 2, § 5: pes milvinus or milvi, the stalk or stem of the plant batis, Col. 12, 7.—Hence, as a name for several plants: pedes gallinacei, a plant:Capnos trunca, quam pedes gallinaceos vocant,
Plin. 25, 13, 98, § 155:pedes betacei,
beetroots, Varr. R. R. 1, 27.—The barrow of a litter, Cat. 10, 22.—H.Poet., of fountains and rivers: inde super terras fluit agmine dulci, Quā via secta semel liquido pede detulit undas, Lucr, 5, 272;K.6, 638: crepante lympha desilit pede,
Hor. Epod. 16, 47:liquido pede labitur unda,
Verg. Cul. 17:lento pede sulcat harenas Bagrada,
Sil. 6, 140.—A metrical foot:2.ad heroum nos dactyli et anapaesti et spondei pedem invitas,
Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 82:pedibus claudere verba,
to make verses, Hor. S. 2, 1, 28:musa per undenos emodulanda pedes,
in hexameters and pentameters, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 30:inque suos volui cogere verba pedes,
id. Tr. 5, 12, 34.—A kind of verse, measure:L.et pede, quo debent fortia bella geri,
Ov. Ib. 646:Lesbius,
Hor. C. 4, 6, 35.—In music, time (postAug.), Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 6.—M.A foot, as a measure of length (class.):N.ne iste hercle ab istā non pedem discedat,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 13:ab aliquo pedem discessisse,
Cic. Deiot. 15, 42:pedem e villā adhuc egressi non sumus,
id. Att. 13, 16, 1:pes justus,
Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.—Hence, transf.: pede suo se metiri, to measure one's self by one's own foot-rule, i. e. by one's own powers or abilities, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 98.—Pedes, lice; v. pedis.—O.The leg (late Lat.), in phrase: pedem frangere, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 22, 3; id. Serm. 273, 7. -
17 Varius
1.vărĭus, a, um, adj., diverse, different, manifold, changing, varying, various (cf.: diversus, distinctus).I.Lit.A.Of color, etc., variegated, party-colored, mottled, etc.:2.arietis lingua nigra aut varia, vestis,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4:variā veste exornatus fuit,
Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 16;so of color: uvae,
Cato, R. R. 33, 4; 33, 73:lynces,
Verg. G. 3, 264:serpens,
Ov. M. 6, 114:anguis,
id. ib. 4, 619:pica,
Petr. 28 fin.:flores,
Tib. 1, 7, 45; Ov. M. 10, 123:plumae,
Hor. A. P. 2:lapides,
id. S. 2, 4, 83:columnae,
of variegated marble, id. Ep. 1, 10, 22:auctumnus purpureo colore,
id. C. 2, 5, 12:colores,
Ov. M. 1, 270; cf.:vestra latera loris faciam ut valide varia sint,
i. e. black and blue, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 12; id. Mil. 2, 2, 61: tergum varium, Pomp. ap. Non. 19, 31 (Com. Rel. v. 139 Rib.): sparsa quoque in vario passim miracula caelo videt, diversified, i. e. with constellations of various forms, Ov. M. 2, 193.—Subst.: vărĭa, ae, f. (i. e. bestia, a mottled animal).a.A panther, Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 63 sq.—b.A kind of magpie, Plin. [p. 1959] 10, 29, 41, § 78.—B.In rural lang.:II.terra,
wet above and dry beneath, Col. 2, 4, 5:sulcus,
Cato, R. R. 61, 2; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 174.—Trop., diverse, different, manifold, changing, varying, changeable, various, etc.: varium poëma, varia oratio, varii mores, varia fortuna;2.voluptas etiam varia dici solet,
Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10:(qualitates) variae et quasi multiformes,
id. Ac. 1, 7, 26:et ea, quae videntur acerba, quae multa et varia in hominum vitā fortunāque versantur,
id. Off. 1, 20, 67:curricula multiplicium variorumque sermonum,
id. Or. 3, 12:res varia et multiplex,
id. Fl. 3, 6:multae, copiosae variaeque rationes,
id. de Or. 1, 51, 222; cf.:varia et diversa genera et bellorum et hostium,
id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; cf. id. de Or. 3, 16, 61; 1, 61, 262:varium jus et dispar condicio,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 49:eventus varii fortunae,
Caes. B. G. 2, 22: victoria, wavering, = anceps, Sall. J. 5, 1; Liv. 2, 6, 10; so,bellum,
Flor. 4, 12, 26. —Of opinions: varias esse opiniones intellego: sunt qui putant, etc., i. e. divergent opinions, differences where there is yet substantial agreement (while diversae opiniones are opposite views), Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 25. —Varium est, with a rel.-clause:B.quales sint (dii), varium est,
various opinions prevail, Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 13.—Esp., of persons, etc.1.Of abilities, versatile:2.Plato et varius et multiplex et copiosus fuit,
Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 17; cf.:antequam scirem quam varium, quam flexibile quam multiplex (ejus ingenium) esset,
Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 1:Antonius ingenio varius,
Flor. 4, 3, 4.—Of character, fickle, inconstant, changeable, untrustworthy: miror quid sit, quod pater tuus, homo constantissimus, te nobis varium reliquit ( beaten black and blue, and fickle-minded,) Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 48:A.animus audax, subdolus, varius,
Sall. C. 5, 4:varius incertusque agitabat,
id. J. 74, 1:voltu et oculis pariter atque animo varius,
agitated, irresolute, id. ib. 113, 3:Pausanias magnus homo, sed varius in omni genere vitae fuit,
Nep. Paus. 1, 1; cf.:varium et mutabile semper Femina,
a fickle thing, Verg. A. 4, 569.—Hence, adv.: vărĭē.Lit., with diverse colors, in a variegated manner:B.mithrax gemma multicolor, contra solem varie refulgens,
Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173:smaragdi Cyprii varie glauci,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 67. —Trop., variously, changeably, diversely, differently, in various ways:2.varie moveri,
Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89:qui (sermones) ab his, qui illum audierunt, perscripti varie et copiose sunt,
id. Ac. 1, 4, 16:numerus hujus generis late et varie diffusus est,
id. Sest. 45, 97:varie sum affectus tuis litteris,
id. Fam. 16, 4, 1:postea decernitur, ac non varie, sed prope cunctis sententiis,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 145:ita varie per omnem exercitum laetitia, maeror, luctus atque gaudia agitabantur,
Sall. C. 61, 9:in Aequis varie bellatum,
Liv. 5, 28, 5:agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,
id. 2, 2, 9:hiemem aut negotia varie causari,
Tac. A. 1, 47:sagittarios varie passimque collocare, Auct. B. Afr. 60: disserere,
Tac. A. 1, 11.—With a punning allusion to 1. Varia: Ep. Perpetuon' valuisti? Th. Varie. Ep. Qui varie valent, caprigenum hominum non placet mihi neque pantherinum genus, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 15.Vărĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens; esp.,I.Q. Varius of Sucro, in Spain, called Hybrida, a tribune of the people A.U.C. 663, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 117; id. Brut. 49, 182; 62, 221; Val. Max. 4, 3, 7.—II.L. Varius, a tragic poet, contemporary with Virgil and Horace, Verg. E. 9, 35; Hor. S. 1, 10, 44; Quint. 10, 1, 98; Mart. 8, 18, 7. -
18 varius
1.vărĭus, a, um, adj., diverse, different, manifold, changing, varying, various (cf.: diversus, distinctus).I.Lit.A.Of color, etc., variegated, party-colored, mottled, etc.:2.arietis lingua nigra aut varia, vestis,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4:variā veste exornatus fuit,
Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 16;so of color: uvae,
Cato, R. R. 33, 4; 33, 73:lynces,
Verg. G. 3, 264:serpens,
Ov. M. 6, 114:anguis,
id. ib. 4, 619:pica,
Petr. 28 fin.:flores,
Tib. 1, 7, 45; Ov. M. 10, 123:plumae,
Hor. A. P. 2:lapides,
id. S. 2, 4, 83:columnae,
of variegated marble, id. Ep. 1, 10, 22:auctumnus purpureo colore,
id. C. 2, 5, 12:colores,
Ov. M. 1, 270; cf.:vestra latera loris faciam ut valide varia sint,
i. e. black and blue, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 12; id. Mil. 2, 2, 61: tergum varium, Pomp. ap. Non. 19, 31 (Com. Rel. v. 139 Rib.): sparsa quoque in vario passim miracula caelo videt, diversified, i. e. with constellations of various forms, Ov. M. 2, 193.—Subst.: vărĭa, ae, f. (i. e. bestia, a mottled animal).a.A panther, Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 63 sq.—b.A kind of magpie, Plin. [p. 1959] 10, 29, 41, § 78.—B.In rural lang.:II.terra,
wet above and dry beneath, Col. 2, 4, 5:sulcus,
Cato, R. R. 61, 2; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 174.—Trop., diverse, different, manifold, changing, varying, changeable, various, etc.: varium poëma, varia oratio, varii mores, varia fortuna;2.voluptas etiam varia dici solet,
Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10:(qualitates) variae et quasi multiformes,
id. Ac. 1, 7, 26:et ea, quae videntur acerba, quae multa et varia in hominum vitā fortunāque versantur,
id. Off. 1, 20, 67:curricula multiplicium variorumque sermonum,
id. Or. 3, 12:res varia et multiplex,
id. Fl. 3, 6:multae, copiosae variaeque rationes,
id. de Or. 1, 51, 222; cf.:varia et diversa genera et bellorum et hostium,
id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; cf. id. de Or. 3, 16, 61; 1, 61, 262:varium jus et dispar condicio,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 49:eventus varii fortunae,
Caes. B. G. 2, 22: victoria, wavering, = anceps, Sall. J. 5, 1; Liv. 2, 6, 10; so,bellum,
Flor. 4, 12, 26. —Of opinions: varias esse opiniones intellego: sunt qui putant, etc., i. e. divergent opinions, differences where there is yet substantial agreement (while diversae opiniones are opposite views), Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 25. —Varium est, with a rel.-clause:B.quales sint (dii), varium est,
various opinions prevail, Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 13.—Esp., of persons, etc.1.Of abilities, versatile:2.Plato et varius et multiplex et copiosus fuit,
Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 17; cf.:antequam scirem quam varium, quam flexibile quam multiplex (ejus ingenium) esset,
Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 1:Antonius ingenio varius,
Flor. 4, 3, 4.—Of character, fickle, inconstant, changeable, untrustworthy: miror quid sit, quod pater tuus, homo constantissimus, te nobis varium reliquit ( beaten black and blue, and fickle-minded,) Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 48:A.animus audax, subdolus, varius,
Sall. C. 5, 4:varius incertusque agitabat,
id. J. 74, 1:voltu et oculis pariter atque animo varius,
agitated, irresolute, id. ib. 113, 3:Pausanias magnus homo, sed varius in omni genere vitae fuit,
Nep. Paus. 1, 1; cf.:varium et mutabile semper Femina,
a fickle thing, Verg. A. 4, 569.—Hence, adv.: vărĭē.Lit., with diverse colors, in a variegated manner:B.mithrax gemma multicolor, contra solem varie refulgens,
Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173:smaragdi Cyprii varie glauci,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 67. —Trop., variously, changeably, diversely, differently, in various ways:2.varie moveri,
Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89:qui (sermones) ab his, qui illum audierunt, perscripti varie et copiose sunt,
id. Ac. 1, 4, 16:numerus hujus generis late et varie diffusus est,
id. Sest. 45, 97:varie sum affectus tuis litteris,
id. Fam. 16, 4, 1:postea decernitur, ac non varie, sed prope cunctis sententiis,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 145:ita varie per omnem exercitum laetitia, maeror, luctus atque gaudia agitabantur,
Sall. C. 61, 9:in Aequis varie bellatum,
Liv. 5, 28, 5:agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,
id. 2, 2, 9:hiemem aut negotia varie causari,
Tac. A. 1, 47:sagittarios varie passimque collocare, Auct. B. Afr. 60: disserere,
Tac. A. 1, 11.—With a punning allusion to 1. Varia: Ep. Perpetuon' valuisti? Th. Varie. Ep. Qui varie valent, caprigenum hominum non placet mihi neque pantherinum genus, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 15.Vărĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens; esp.,I.Q. Varius of Sucro, in Spain, called Hybrida, a tribune of the people A.U.C. 663, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 117; id. Brut. 49, 182; 62, 221; Val. Max. 4, 3, 7.—II.L. Varius, a tragic poet, contemporary with Virgil and Horace, Verg. E. 9, 35; Hor. S. 1, 10, 44; Quint. 10, 1, 98; Mart. 8, 18, 7.
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