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ignis, is (abl. usu. igni; poet. and postAug. igne; so Plin. ap. Charis. p. 98 P.; Charis. p. 33 P.; Prisc. p. 766 P.; and always in Mart., e. g. 1, 21, 5; 4, 57, 6; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 223 sq.;

scanned ignis,

Verg. E. 3, 66; id. G. 3, 566; Ov. H. 16, 230; Lucr. 1, 663; 853;

but ignīs,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 36), m. [Sanscr. agnis, fire; Lith. ugn-is; Slav. ogný; Gr. aiglê, aglaos], fire (com mon in sing. and plur.; cf. flamma, incendium).

Lit.:

lapidum conflictu atque tritu elici ignem videmus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25:

admoto igni ignem concipere,

id. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

pati ab igne ignem capere, si qui velit,

id. Off. 1, 16, 52; cf.:

datur ignis, tametsi ab inimico petas,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53:

ignis periculum,

id. Leg. 2, 23, 58; plur. = sing.:

subditis ignibus aquae fervescunt,

id. N. D. 2, 10, 27:

cum omnes naturae numini divino, caelum, ignes, terrae, maria parerent,

id. ib. 1, 9, 22:

hisce animus datus est ex illis sempiternis ignibus, quae sidera et stellas vocatis,

id. Rep. 6, 15:

ut fumo atque ignibus significabatur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 7 fin.:

quod pluribus simul locis ignes coörti essent,

Liv. 26, 27, 5:

ignibus armata multitudo, facibusque ardentibus collucens,

id. 4, 33, 2:

ignes fieri prohibuit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 30, 5:

ignem accendere,

Verg. A. 5, 4:

ignem circum subicere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69:

ignem operibus inferre,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14, 1:

ignem comprehendere,

id. B. G. 5, 43, 2:

igni cremari,

id. ib. 1, 4, 1:

urbi ferro ignique minitari,

Cic. Phil. 11, 14 fin.:

ignis in aquam conjectus,

id. Rosc. Com. 6, 17 et saep.:

quodsi incuria insulariorum ignis evaserit (opp. incendium inferre),

Paul. Sent. 5, 3, 6.— Poet.:

fulsere ignes et conscius aether,

lightnings, Verg. A. 4, 167; cf.: Diespiter Igni corusco nubila [p. 881] dividens, Hor. C. 1, 34, 6:

caelum abscondere tenebrae nube una subitusque antennas impulit ignis,

Juv. 12, 19; 13, 226:

micat inter omnes Julium sidus, velut inter ignes luna minores,

i. e. stars, id. ib. 1, 12, 47:

et jam per moenia clarior ignis Auditur,

the crackling of fire, Verg. A. 2, 705:

Eumenidum ignis,

torches, Juv. 14, 285.—

In partic.

Sacer ignis, a disease, St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas, Cels. 5, 28, 4; Verg. G. 3, 566; Col. 7, 5, 16.—

Aqua et ignis, to signify the most important necessaries of life; v. aqua.—

Transf., brightness, splendor, brilliancy, lustre, glow, redness (mostly poet.):

fronte curvatos imitatus ignes lunae,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 57; cf.:

jam clarus occultum Andromedae pater Ostendit ignem,

id. ib. 3, 29, 17; so of the brightness of the stars, Ov. M. 4, 81; 11, 452; 15, 665;

of the sun,

id. ib. 1, 778; 4, 194; 7, 193;

of Aurora,

id. ib. 4, 629:

arcano florentes igne smaragdi,

Stat. Th. 2, 276; cf. Mart. 14, 109; and:

acies stupet igne metalli,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 51:

cum ignis oculorum cum eo igne qui est ob os offusus,

redness, blush, Cic. Univ. 14; Stat. Ach. 1, 516.—

Firewood, fuel:

caulis miseris atque ignis emendus,

Juv. 1, 134.—

Trop.

(Mostly poet.) The fire or glow of passion, in a good or bad sense; of anger, rage, fury:

exarsere ignes animo,

Verg. A. 2, 575:

saevos irarum concipit ignes,

Val. Fl. 1, 748; most freq. of the flame of love, love:

cum odium non restingueritis, huic ordini ignem novum subici non sivistis,

Cic. Rab. Post. 6, 13:

laurigerosque ignes, si quando avidissimus hauri,

raving, inspiration, Stat. Ach. 1, 509:

quae simul aethereos animo conceperat ignes, ore dabat pleno carmina vera dei,

Ov. F. 1, 473:

(Dido) caeco carpitur igni,

the secret fire of love, Verg. A. 4, 2; so in sing., Ov. M. 3, 490; 4, 64; 195; 675 et saep.; in plur., Hor. C. 1, 13, 8; 1, 27, 16; 3, 7, 11; Ov. M. 2, 410; 6, 492 et saep.; cf.:

socii ignes,

i. e. nuptials, Ov. M. 9, 796.—

Transf., like amores, a beloved object, a flame (only poet.):

at mihi sese offert ultro meus ignis, Amyntas,

Verg. E. 3, 66; Hor. Epod. 14, 13.—

Figuratively of that which brings destruction, fire, flame:

quem ille obrutum ignem (i. e. bellum) reliquerit,

Liv. 10, 24, 13:

ne parvus hic ignis (i. e. Hannibal) incendium ingens exsuscitet,

id. 21, 3, 6; cf.:

et Syphacem et Carthaginienses, nisi orientem illum ignem oppressissent, ingenti mox incendio arsuros,

i. e. Masinissa, id. 29, 31, 3.

in-fringo, frēgi, fractum, 3, v. a. [infrango], to break off, to break, bruise, crack.

Lit.:

infractis omnibus hastis,

Liv. 40, 40, 7:

ut si quis violas riguove papavera in horto Liliaque infringat,

Ov. M. 10, 191:

genibusque tumens infringitur unda,

Val. Fl. 5, 412: manus, to snap or crack one ' s fingers, Petr. 17:

articulos,

Quint. 11, 3, 158: latus liminibus, to bruise one ' s side by lying on the threshold, Hor. Epod. 11, 22: infractus remus, appearing broken, in consequence of the refraction of the rays in the water, Cic. Ac. 2, 25; cf.:

infracti radii resiliunt,

Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 103:

ossa infracta extrahere,

id. 23, 7, 63, § 119.—

Transf., to strike one thing against another: digitos citharae, to strike or play upon the lute, Stat. Ach. 1, 575:

alicui colaphum,

to give one a box on the ear, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46; Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130:

linguam (metu),

to stammer, Lucr. 3, 155.—

Trop., to break, check, weaken, lessen, diminish, mitigate, assuage:

ut primus incursus et vis militum infringeretur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 92:

conatus adversariorum,

id. ib. 2, 21:

florem dignitatis,

Cic. Balb. 6, 15:

militum gloriam,

id. Mil. 2, 5:

animos hostium,

Liv. 38, 16:

spem,

Cic. Or. 2, 6:

tribunatum alicujus,

id. de Or. 1, 7, 24:

vehementius esse quiddam suspicor, quod te infringat,

id. Att. 7, 2, 2:

continuam laudem humanitatis,

Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 3:

res Samnitium,

Liv. 8, 39, 10:

difficultatem,

to overcome, Col. 2, 4, 10:

jus consulis,

Dig. 34, 9, 5 fin.:

fortia facta suis modis,

to weaken, Ov. Tr. 2, 412:

deos precatu,

to appease by entreaties, Stat. Ach. 1, 144:

infringitur ille quasi verborum ambitus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

infringendis concidendisque numeris,

id. Or. 69, 230:

vocem de industria,

purposely to make plaintive, Sen. Contr. 3, 19.—

To destroy, make void, break:

quoniam haec gloriatio non infringetur in me,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 10:

legem,

ib. 1 Macc. 1, 66. — Hence, infractus, a, um, P. a., broken, bent.

Lit.:

mares caprarum longis auribus infractisque probant,

Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 202.—

Trop., broken, exhausted, weakened, subdued.

In gen.:

infractos animos gerere,

Liv. 7, 31, 6:

nihil infractus Appii animus,

id. 2, 59, 4:

oratio submissa et infracta,

id. 38, 14:

infractae ad proelia vires,

Verg. A. 9, 499:

veritas,

falsified, Tac. H. 1, 1:

fides metu infracta,

shaken, id. ib. 3, 42:

tributa,

diminished, id. ib. 4, 57:

potentia matris,

id. A. 13, 12:

fama,

injured reputation, Verg. A. 7, 332; Tac. H. 2, 22:

Latini,

broken, Verg. A. 12, 1.—

Diluted:

fel aqua infractum,

Plin. 28, 12, 50, § 186.—

In partic., of speech, broken off:

infracta et amputata loqui,

broken, unconnected, Cic. Or. 51, 170:

infracta loquela,

broken talk, baby - talk, Lucr. 5, 230:

cum vocem ejus (delicati) infractam videret,

effeminate, Gell. 3, 5, 2:

vocibus delinitus infractis,

Arn. 4, 141.

accŭbĭtus, ūs, m., = accubitio.

A reclining at table, Stat. Ach. 1, 110 (quoted by Prisc. 863 P.); id. Theb. 1, 714; and perh. also Varr. ap. Isid. Orig. 20, 11, 19.—

Per meton., a couch, Vulg. Cant. 1, 11; a place on a couch, ib. Luc. 14, 7.

actor, ōris, m. [id.].

One who drives or moves something:

pecoris actor,

Ov. H. 1, 95:

habenae,

a slinger, Stat. Ach. 2, 419.—

In gen., he who does any thing, a doer or performer (cf. ago, II.).

In gen. of every kind of action:

ut illum efficeret oratorem verborum actoremque rerum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 57 (a translation of the Homer. prêktêra ergôn, Il. 9, 443):

Cato dux, auctor, actor rerum illarum fuit,

id. Sest. 28 fin.; so Caes. B. C. 1, 26; Nep. Att. 3, 2 al.—

In judicial lang., one who brings an action, a plaintiff:

accusatorem pro omni actore et petitore appello,

Cic. Part. 32;

esp. of lawyers: Moloni Rhodio et actori summo causarum et magistro,

id. Brut. 89 fin.; so Hor. A. P. 369 al.—Also, one who conducts a suit, an advocate, Cic. Caec. 1.—Hence,

At a later period, an agent or attorney; in gen., an administrator or manager or steward, overseer of property or an estate.—So in Tac.: actor publicus, he who administers the public property, Ann. 2, 30; 3, 67: actor summarum, a keeper of accounts or cashier, Suet. Dom. 11, and so often in the Dig.: sub actoribus, overseers (of a household), Vulg. Gal. 4, 2.—

In rhetor. lang., one who delivers any oral discourse; and esp. one who delivers an oration, an orator:

inventor, compositor, actor,

Cic. Or. 19.—

A player, an actor:

actores secundarum et tertiarum partium,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15; so id. de Or. 1, 26; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16 (cf. ago, II., and actio, II. C.).

Actor, ŏris, m.

A companion of Aeneas, Verg. A. 9, 500.—

An Auruncan, ib. 12, 94; 96.—Hence, Actŏ-rĭdes, ae, patron. m., son or grandson of Actor: his son, Menoetius, Ov. F. 2, 39; his grandson, Patroclus, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 29; id. M. 13, 273; Erithos, id. ib. 5, 79.—In plur.: Actŏrĭdae, i. e. Eurytus and Cleatus, sons of Actor, King of Phthia, id. ib. 8, 308.

actor, ōris, m. [id.].

One who drives or moves something:

pecoris actor,

Ov. H. 1, 95:

habenae,

a slinger, Stat. Ach. 2, 419.—

In gen., he who does any thing, a doer or performer (cf. ago, II.).

In gen. of every kind of action:

ut illum efficeret oratorem verborum actoremque rerum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 57 (a translation of the Homer. prêktêra ergôn, Il. 9, 443):

Cato dux, auctor, actor rerum illarum fuit,

id. Sest. 28 fin.; so Caes. B. C. 1, 26; Nep. Att. 3, 2 al.—

In judicial lang., one who brings an action, a plaintiff:

accusatorem pro omni actore et petitore appello,

Cic. Part. 32;

esp. of lawyers: Moloni Rhodio et actori summo causarum et magistro,

id. Brut. 89 fin.; so Hor. A. P. 369 al.—Also, one who conducts a suit, an advocate, Cic. Caec. 1.—Hence,

At a later period, an agent or attorney; in gen., an administrator or manager or steward, overseer of property or an estate.—So in Tac.: actor publicus, he who administers the public property, Ann. 2, 30; 3, 67: actor summarum, a keeper of accounts or cashier, Suet. Dom. 11, and so often in the Dig.: sub actoribus, overseers (of a household), Vulg. Gal. 4, 2.—

In rhetor. lang., one who delivers any oral discourse; and esp. one who delivers an oration, an orator:

inventor, compositor, actor,

Cic. Or. 19.—

A player, an actor:

actores secundarum et tertiarum partium,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15; so id. de Or. 1, 26; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16 (cf. ago, II., and actio, II. C.).

Actor, ŏris, m.

A companion of Aeneas, Verg. A. 9, 500.—

An Auruncan, ib. 12, 94; 96.—Hence, Actŏ-rĭdes, ae, patron. m., son or grandson of Actor: his son, Menoetius, Ov. F. 2, 39; his grandson, Patroclus, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 29; id. M. 13, 273; Erithos, id. ib. 5, 79.—In plur.: Actŏrĭdae, i. e. Eurytus and Cleatus, sons of Actor, King of Phthia, id. ib. 8, 308.

actor, ōris, m. [id.].

One who drives or moves something:

pecoris actor,

Ov. H. 1, 95:

habenae,

a slinger, Stat. Ach. 2, 419.—

In gen., he who does any thing, a doer or performer (cf. ago, II.).

In gen. of every kind of action:

ut illum efficeret oratorem verborum actoremque rerum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 57 (a translation of the Homer. prêktêra ergôn, Il. 9, 443):

Cato dux, auctor, actor rerum illarum fuit,

id. Sest. 28 fin.; so Caes. B. C. 1, 26; Nep. Att. 3, 2 al.—

In judicial lang., one who brings an action, a plaintiff:

accusatorem pro omni actore et petitore appello,

Cic. Part. 32;

esp. of lawyers: Moloni Rhodio et actori summo causarum et magistro,

id. Brut. 89 fin.; so Hor. A. P. 369 al.—Also, one who conducts a suit, an advocate, Cic. Caec. 1.—Hence,

At a later period, an agent or attorney; in gen., an administrator or manager or steward, overseer of property or an estate.—So in Tac.: actor publicus, he who administers the public property, Ann. 2, 30; 3, 67: actor summarum, a keeper of accounts or cashier, Suet. Dom. 11, and so often in the Dig.: sub actoribus, overseers (of a household), Vulg. Gal. 4, 2.—

In rhetor. lang., one who delivers any oral discourse; and esp. one who delivers an oration, an orator:

inventor, compositor, actor,

Cic. Or. 19.—

A player, an actor:

actores secundarum et tertiarum partium,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15; so id. de Or. 1, 26; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16 (cf. ago, II., and actio, II. C.).

Actor, ŏris, m.

A companion of Aeneas, Verg. A. 9, 500.—

An Auruncan, ib. 12, 94; 96.—Hence, Actŏ-rĭdes, ae, patron. m., son or grandson of Actor: his son, Menoetius, Ov. F. 2, 39; his grandson, Patroclus, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 29; id. M. 13, 273; Erithos, id. ib. 5, 79.—In plur.: Actŏrĭdae, i. e. Eurytus and Cleatus, sons of Actor, King of Phthia, id. ib. 8, 308.

actor, ōris, m. [id.].

One who drives or moves something:

pecoris actor,

Ov. H. 1, 95:

habenae,

a slinger, Stat. Ach. 2, 419.—

In gen., he who does any thing, a doer or performer (cf. ago, II.).

In gen. of every kind of action:

ut illum efficeret oratorem verborum actoremque rerum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 57 (a translation of the Homer. prêktêra ergôn, Il. 9, 443):

Cato dux, auctor, actor rerum illarum fuit,

id. Sest. 28 fin.; so Caes. B. C. 1, 26; Nep. Att. 3, 2 al.—

In judicial lang., one who brings an action, a plaintiff:

accusatorem pro omni actore et petitore appello,

Cic. Part. 32;

esp. of lawyers: Moloni Rhodio et actori summo causarum et magistro,

id. Brut. 89 fin.; so Hor. A. P. 369 al.—Also, one who conducts a suit, an advocate, Cic. Caec. 1.—Hence,

At a later period, an agent or attorney; in gen., an administrator or manager or steward, overseer of property or an estate.—So in Tac.: actor publicus, he who administers the public property, Ann. 2, 30; 3, 67: actor summarum, a keeper of accounts or cashier, Suet. Dom. 11, and so often in the Dig.: sub actoribus, overseers (of a household), Vulg. Gal. 4, 2.—

In rhetor. lang., one who delivers any oral discourse; and esp. one who delivers an oration, an orator:

inventor, compositor, actor,

Cic. Or. 19.—

A player, an actor:

actores secundarum et tertiarum partium,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15; so id. de Or. 1, 26; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16 (cf. ago, II., and actio, II. C.).

Actor, ŏris, m.

A companion of Aeneas, Verg. A. 9, 500.—

An Auruncan, ib. 12, 94; 96.—Hence, Actŏ-rĭdes, ae, patron. m., son or grandson of Actor: his son, Menoetius, Ov. F. 2, 39; his grandson, Patroclus, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 29; id. M. 13, 273; Erithos, id. ib. 5, 79.—In plur.: Actŏrĭdae, i. e. Eurytus and Cleatus, sons of Actor, King of Phthia, id. ib. 8, 308.

Aegaeon, ōnis, m., = Aigaiôn.

A giant-monster, the other name of Briareus, Verg. A. 10, 565; Stat. Ach. 1, 209.—

A sea-god, acc. to the fable, the son of Pontus and Terra, Ov. M. 2, 9.—

Meton. for the Ægean Sea, Stat. Th. 5, 288.

Aegĭum, or Aegĭon, ii, n., a town in Achaia, one of the twelve Achœan cities, situated on the river Selinus, now Vostitza, Mel. 2, 5, 10; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13; Lucr. 6, 585; Liv. 38, 30.—Hence,

Aegĭenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Achaia, Liv. 38, 30; Tac. A. 4, 13.—

Aegĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Ægium:

vitis,

a kind of vine, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 42.

Aegĭum, or Aegĭon, ii, n., a town in Achaia, one of the twelve Achœan cities, situated on the river Selinus, now Vostitza, Mel. 2, 5, 10; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13; Lucr. 6, 585; Liv. 38, 30.—Hence,

Aegĭenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Achaia, Liv. 38, 30; Tac. A. 4, 13.—

Aegĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Ægium:

vitis,

a kind of vine, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 42.

Aegĭum, or Aegĭon, ii, n., a town in Achaia, one of the twelve Achœan cities, situated on the river Selinus, now Vostitza, Mel. 2, 5, 10; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13; Lucr. 6, 585; Liv. 38, 30.—Hence,

Aegĭenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Achaia, Liv. 38, 30; Tac. A. 4, 13.—

Aegĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Ægium:

vitis,

a kind of vine, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 42.

ărātus, a, um, Part. of aro.

Ărātus, i, m., = Aratos.

A Greek poet of Soli, in Cilicia, who fl. B. C. 250; author of an astronomical poem, entitled Phainomena, which Cicero, and afterwards Caesar Germanicus, translated into Latin, Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 69; id. Rep. 1, 22, 56; id. N. D. 2, 41; Ov. Am. 1, 15, 16; Stat. S. 5, 3, 23 (Ărătŭs, Paul. Nol. Carm. 19, 125; Sid. Carm. 23, 112).—

Aratus of Sicyon, a distinguished Greek general, founder of the Achœan League, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81 (v. his life written by Plutarch).

ărātus, a, um, Part. of aro.

Ărātus, i, m., = Aratos.

A Greek poet of Soli, in Cilicia, who fl. B. C. 250; author of an astronomical poem, entitled Phainomena, which Cicero, and afterwards Caesar Germanicus, translated into Latin, Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 69; id. Rep. 1, 22, 56; id. N. D. 2, 41; Ov. Am. 1, 15, 16; Stat. S. 5, 3, 23 (Ărătŭs, Paul. Nol. Carm. 19, 125; Sid. Carm. 23, 112).—

Aratus of Sicyon, a distinguished Greek general, founder of the Achœan League, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81 (v. his life written by Plutarch).

bellus, a, um, adj. [as if for benulus, from benus = bonus, Prisc. p. 556 P.].

In gen.

Of persons, pretty, handsome, charming, fine, lovely, neat, pleasant, agreeable, etc. (of persons, things, actions, etc.; most freq. in the ante-class. per. and in the poets; in Cic. mostly in his epistt.): uxor, Varr. ap. Non. p. 248, 17: nimis bella es atque amabilis, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 84; id. Rud. 2, 5, 6; Cat. 8, 16; 43, 6:

puella,

id. 69, 8; 78, 4; Ov. Am. 1, 9, 6; Mart. 1, 65; 2, 87:

Piliae et puellae Caeciliae bellissimae salutem dices,

Cic. Att. 6, 4, 3: fui ego bellus ( civil, courtly, polite), lepidus, bonus vir numquam, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 3:

hospes,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 111; Cat. 24, 7; 78, 3; 81, 2:

durius accipere hoc mihi visus est quam homines belli solent,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 4:

homo et bellus et humanus,

id. Fin. 2, 31, 102:

Cicero bellissimus tibi salutem plurimam dicit,

id. Fam. 14, 7, 3.—Also active, brisk, lively, as the effect of health, etc., Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 20:

fac bellus revertare,

Cic. Fam. 16, 18, 1.—

Of things, places, etc.: socius es hostibus, socius bellum ita geris, ut bella omnia ( every thing beautiful, costly) domum auferas, Varr. ap. Non. p. 248, 19: unum quicquid, quod quidem erit bellissimum, Carpam, * Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 51:

vinum bellissimum,

Col. 12, 19, 2:

nimis hic bellus atque ut esse maxume optabam locu'st,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 74:

illum pueris locum esse bellissimum duximus,

Cic. Att. 5, 17, 3:

bella copia,

id. Rep. 2, 40, 67:

recordor, quam bella paulisper nobis gubernantibus civitas fuerit,

in what a pleasant condition the State was, id. Att. 4, 16, 10:

malae tenebrae Orci, quae omnia bella devoratis,

Cat. 3, 14:

subsidium bellissimum existimo esse senectuti otium,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

(epistula) valde bella,

id. Att. 4, 6, 4:

occasio bellissima,

Petr. 25: fama, * Hor. S. 1, 4, 114:

quam sit bellum cavere malum,

how delightful, pleasant it is, Cic. de Or 1, 58, 247: bellissimum putaverunt dicere amissas (esse litteras), thought it best, i. e. safest, most plausible, id. Fl. 17, 39; cf.:

bella haec pietatis et quaestuosa simulatio,

fine, plausible, id. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145:

mihi jampridem venit in mentem, bellum esse, aliquo exire,

id. Fam. 9, 2, 3; id. Att. 13, 49, 2; Cod. 6, 35, 11.—

Esp.

Gallant, etc.:

illam esse amicam tui viri bellissimi,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 27; cf.:

Gallus homo'st bellus: nam dulces jungit amores,

Cat. 78, 3.—

For bonus, good: venio nunc ad alterum genus testamenti, quod dicitur physicon, in quo Graeci belliores quam Romani nostri, Varr. ap. Non. p. 77, 30 (Sat. Menipp. 87, 3).—Hence, bellē, adv., prettily, neatly, becomingly, finely, excellently, well, delightfully, etc.: quare bene et praeclare, quamvis nobis saepe dicatur;

belle et festive, nimium saepe nolo,

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101; cf. id. Quint. 30, 93; so Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 35; * Lucr. 1, 644; Cic. Att. 1, 1, 5; 16, 3, 4; Quint. 6, 3, 48 al.:

quod honeste aut sine detrimento nostro promittere non possumus... belle negandum est,

in a courtly, polite manner, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 11, 45; so Publ. Syr. ap. Gell. 17, 14, 10:

belle se habere,

Cic. Att. 12, 37: belle habere (cf.: eu, kalôs echein), to be in good health, be well, id. Fam. 9, 9, 1; so,

bellissime esse,

id. Att. 14, 14, 1:

facere, in medical lang.,

to operate well, to have a good effect, Cato, R. R. 157; Scrib. Comp. 136; 150 (cf. the uses of bene). —With bellus:

i sane, bella belle,

Plaut. As. 3, 8, 86; id. Curc. 4, 2, 35 (cf.: kalê kalôs, Av. Ach. 253).—Ellipt., belle, for belle habere: sed ut ad epistolas tuas redeam, cetera belle, illud miror, the others are well or right, Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 2.— Sup.:

haec ipsa fero equidem fronte, ut puto, et voltu bellissime, sed angor intimis sensibus,

Cic. Att. 5, 10, 3; id. Fam. 14, 14, 1:

navigare,

id. ib. 16, 9, 1 al. ( comp. perh. not in use).

damma ( dama), ae, f. (m., Verg. Ec. 8, 28; Georg. 3, 539; A. 8, 641; Stat. Ach. 2, 408; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 6) [R. dam-, v. domo], a general name for beasts of the deer kind; a fallow deer, buck, doe, antelope, chamois, Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 214; 11, 37, 45, § 124; Verg. G. 1, 308; 3, 410; Hor. Od. 1, 2, 12; Ov. M. 1, 442; 10, 539; 13, 832; id. F. 3, 646; Juv. 11, 121; Sen. Hippol. 62; Sid. Ep. 8, 6.—

Transf., venison:

nil damma sapit,

Juv. 11, 121; Ov. M. 13, 832.

dē-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 ( inf. sync. decesse, Ter. Heaut. prol. 32; Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2; Neue Formenl. 2, 536. The part. perf. decessus perh. only Rutil. Nam. 1, 313), v. n., to go away, depart, withdraw. (For syn. cf.: linquo, relinquo, desero, destituo, deficio, discedo, excedo. Often opp. to accedo, maneo; freq. and class.)—Constr. absol. with de, ex, or merely the abl.; rarely with ab.

Lit.

In gen.:

decedamus,

Plaut. Bac. 1, 1, 74:

de altera parte (agri) decedere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 10:

decedit ex Gallia Romam Naevius,

Cic. Quint. 4, 16:

e pastu,

Verg. G. 1, 381; cf.:

e pastu decedere campis,

id. ib. 4, 186:

ex aequore domum,

id. ib. 2, 205;

Italiā,

Sall. J. 28, 2:

Numidiā,

id. ib. 38, 9:

Africā,

id. ib. 20, 1;

23, 1: pugnā,

Liv. 34, 47:

praesidio,

id. 4, 29 (cf.:

de praesidio,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 73):

quae naves paullulum suo cursu decesserint,

i. e. had gone out of their course, Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3; so,

cum luminibus exstinctis decessisset viā,

had gone out of the way, Suet. Caes. 31:

pantherae constituisse dicuntur in Cariam ex nostra provincia decedere,

Cic. Fam. 2, 11, 2.

Esp.

t. t.

In milit. lang., to retire, withdraw from a former position:

qui nisi decedat atque exercitum deducat ex his regionibus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 19;

so,

absol., id. ib. 1, 44 fin.; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

de colle,

Caes. B. C. 1, 71, 3:

de vallo,

id. B. G. 5, 43, 4:

inde,

id. B. C. 1, 71 fin.:

loco superiore,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9; so with abl., Auct. B. Alex. 34; 35 (twice); 70 al.—

In official lang.: de provincia, ex provincia, provinciā, or absol. (cf. Cic. Planc. 26, 65), to retire from the province on the expiration of a term of office:

de provincia decessit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 20;

so,

id. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Fam. 2, 15 (twice); Liv. 29, 19 Drak.:

decedens ex Syria,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61; so,

e Cilicia,

id. Brut. 1:

ex Africa,

Nep. Cato, 1, 4:

ex Asia,

id. Att. 4, 1:

ex ea provincia,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1 Zumpt N. cr.:

ut decedens Considius provinciā,

Cic. Lig. 1, 2; Liv. 39, 3; 41, 10:

te antea, quam tibi successum esset, decessurum fuisse,

Cic. Fam. 3, 6; so absol., id. Planc. 26, 65 al.:

Albinus Romam decessit,

Sall. J. 36 fin.; cf.:

Romam ad triumphum,

Liv. 8, 13; 9, 16. —Rarely with a:

cui cum respondissem, me a provincia decedere: etiam mehercule, inquit, ut opinor, ex Africa,

Cic. Planc. 26 fin.

Decedere de viā; also viā, in viā alicui, alicui, or absol., to get out of the way, to give place, make way for one (as a mark of respect or of abhorrence):

concedite atque abscedite omnes: de via decedite,

Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 1; cf.:

decedam ego illi de via, de semita,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 80 (Cic. Clu. 59. [p. 517] 163; cf. II. B infra); cf.:

qui fecit servo currenti in viā decesse populum,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 32:

censorem L. Plancum via sibi decedere aedilis coegit,

Suet. Ner. 4; cf. id. Tib. 31:

sanctis divis, Catul. 62, 268: nocti,

Verg. Ec. 8, 88:

peritis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 216 (cf.:

cedere nocti,

Liv. 3, 60, 7).—Also, to get out of the way of, avoid:

decedere canibus de via,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 67; cf.:

hi numero impiorum habentur, his omnes decedunt, aditum defugiunt, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 7.—By zeugma, in the pass.:

salutari, appeti, decedi, assurgi, deduci, reduci, etc.,

Cic. de Sen. 18, 63.

Pregn., to depart, disappear (cf.: cedo, concedo).

Of living beings, to decease, to die:

si eos, qui jam de vita decesserunt,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 11:

vitā,

Dig. 7, 1, 57, § 1; Vulg. 2 Mac. 6, 31; but commonly absol.:

pater nobis decessit a. d. VIII. Kal. Dec.,

id. Att. 1, 6:

cum paterfamiliae decessit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 19, 3; Nep. Arist. 3, 2, and 3; id. Cim. 1; id. Ages. 8, 6; Liv. 1, 34; 9, 17; Quint. 3, 6, 96 et saep.:

cruditate contracta,

id. 7, 3, 33:

morbo aquae intercutis,

Suet. Ner. 5 fin.:

paralysi,

id. Vit. 3:

ex ingratorum hominum conspectu morte decedere,

Nep. Timol. 1, 6.—

Of inanimate things, to depart, go off; to abate, subside, cease:

corpore febres,

Lucr. 2, 34:

febres,

Nep. Att. 22, 3; Cels. 3, 3; cf.:

quartana,

Cic. Att. 7, 2 (opp. accedere):

decessisse inde aquam,

run off, fallen, Liv. 30, 38 fin.; cf.:

decedere aestum,

id. 26, 45; 9, 26 al.:

de summa nihil decedet,

to be wanting, to fail, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 30; Cic. Clu. 60, 167; cf.:

quicquid libertati plebis caveretur, id suis decedere opibus credebant,

Liv. 3, 55:

decedet jam ira haec, etsi merito iratus est,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 55 (for which ib. 5, 2, 15: cito ab eo haec ira abscedet):

postquam invidia decesserat,

Sall. J. 88, 1; Liv. 33, 31 fin.; Tac. A. 15, 16 al.:

priusquam ea cura decederet patribus,

Liv. 9, 29; so with dat., id. 2, 31; 23, 26; Tac. A. 15, 20; 44.— Poet.:

incipit et longo Scyros decedere ponto,

i. e. seems to flee before them, Stat. Ach. 2, 308.—In the Aug. poets sometimes of the heavenly bodies, to go down, set:

et sol crescentes decedens duplicat umbras,

Verg. E. 2, 67; so id. G. 1, 222; Ov. M. 4, 91; hence also of the day, to depart:

te veniente die, te decedente canebat,

Verg. G. 4, 466;

also of the moon,

to wane, Gell. 20, 8, 7.

Trop.

De possessione, jure, sententia, fide, etc. (and since the Aug. per. with abl. alone;

the reading ex jure suo,

Liv. 3, 33, 10, is very doubtful), to depart from; to give up, resign, forego; to yield, to swerve from one's possession, station, duty, right, opinion, faith, etc.

With de:

cogere aliquem de suis bonis decedere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17 fin.; cf.:

de hypothecis,

id. Fam. 13, 56, 2;

and de possessione,

id. Agr. 2, 26;

de suo jure,

id. Rosc. Am. 27; id. Att. 16, 2:

qui de civitate decedere quam de sententia maluit,

id. Balb. 5:

de officio ac dignitate,

id. Verr. 1, 10:

de foro decedere,

to retire from public life, Nep. Att. 10, 2:

de scena,

to retire from the stage, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2; cf. impers.:

de officio decessum,

Liv. 8, 25 fin. —

With abl. alone (so usually in Liv.):

jure suo,

Liv. 3, 33 fin.:

sententiā,

Tac. A. 14, 49:

instituto vestro,

Liv. 37, 54:

officio (opp. in fide atque officio pristino fore),

id. 27, 10; 36, 22:

fide,

id. 31, 5 fin.; 34, 11; 45, 19 al.:

poema... si paulum summo decessit, vergit ad imum,

Hor. A. P. 378.—

Very rarely with ab:

cum (senatus) nihil a superioribus continuorum annorum decretis decesserit,

Cic. Fl. 12.—

Absol.: si quos equites decedentis nactus sum, supplicio adfeci, Asin. Pol. ap. C. Fam. 10, 32, 5.

De via, to depart, deviate from the right way:

se nulla cupiditate inductum de via decessisse,

Cic. Cael. 16, 38:

moleste ferre se de via decessisse,

id. Clu. 59, 163; so,

viā dicendi,

Quint. 4, 5, 3.

(acc. to no. I. B. 2) To give way, yield to another (i. e. to his will or superior advantages—very rare):

vivere si recte nescis, decede peritis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 213:

ubi non Hymetto Mella decedunt,

are not inferior, id. Od. 2, 6, 15.

( poet.) To avoid, shun, escape from (cf. I. B. 2 supra): nec serae meminit decedere nocti, to avoid the late night, i. e. the coldness of night, Varius ap. Macr. S. 6, 2, 20; Verg. Ecl. 8, 88; id. G. 3, 467:

calori,

id. ib. 4, 23.

To fall short of, degenerate from:

de generis nobilitate,

Pall. 3, 25, 2: a rebus gestis ejus et gloriae splendore, Justin. 6, 3, 8.

For the simple verb (v. cedo, no. I. 2), to go off, turn out, result in any manner:

prospere decedentibus rebus,

Suet. Caes. 24.

dē-cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3, v. n.

Orig., to grow less, grow shorter, decrease, wane (as the moon, bodies of water, the length of the day, etc.): ostreae cum luna pariter crescunt pariterque decrescunt, * Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:

crescunt loca decrescentibus undis,

Ov. M. 1, 345; cf.:

aequora,

id. ib. 2, 292; and: decrescentia flumina, * Hor. Od. 4, 7, 3:

die decrescente (coupled with quo rursus crescente),

Plin. 2, 59, 60, § 151:

ubi febris fuit atque decrevit,

Cels. 3, 6; cf.:

morbus,

id. ib. 20 al.: nocte dieque decretum et auctum, Laev. ap. Prisc. p. 869 P.;

of the waters of the flood,

Vulg. Gen. 8, 5.—Hence,

In gen., to decrease, become less, diminish:

uncus aratri Ferreus occulte decrescit in arvis,

i. e. wears away, Lucr. 1, 315; id. 5, 536; Quint. 5, 12, 14; 9, 4, 23:

admiratio decrescit,

id. 1, 3, 5:

metus matrum,

Sil. 7, 82 et saep.:

ut corpora quamlibet ardua et excelsa, procerioribus admota decrescant,

i. e. seem smaller, Plin. Pan. 61, 2:

decrescente reditu (agelli) etiam pretium minuit,

Plin. Ep. 6, 3, 1.—

Poet., of the gradual disappearance of places as one removes farther from them, Stat. Ach. 2, 308; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 189.—

Pregn., to pass away by diminution; to vanish, disappear:

cornua decrescunt, etc.,

Ov. M. 1, 740.

dē-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3 ( perf. subj.: defexit, an old formula in Liv. 1, 24 fin., see below, no. III. fin. In the pass., besides the regular form deficior, ante- and postclass., once in Verg., Propert., and Livy, like fīo, eri: defit, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19; Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 46; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 12; Lucr. 2, 1142; Verg. E. 2, 22; Prop. 1, 1, 34:

deflunt,

Gell. 20, 8, 5:

defiat,

Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 3; id. Rud. 4, 4, 63:

defiet,

Liv. 9, 11:

defieri,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 2; cf. conficio init.), v. a. and n. [facio], orig., to loosen, set free, remove from; but it passed over at a very early period into the middle sense, to loosen from one's self, to remove one's self, to break loose from; and then gradually assumed the character of a new verb. act., with the meaning to leave, desert, [p. 530] depart from something, or absol., to depart, cease, fail. (For syn. cf.: desum, absum, descisco, negligo.)

Act. in the middle sense, to remove one's self, separate one's self, to withdraw (cf. the Greek aphistanai).—Hence, to forsake, desert, abandon, revolt.

Lit.:

ab amicitia P. R.,

Caes. B. G. 5, 3, 3; 7, 39, 3:

ab Aeduis,

id. ib. 2, 14, 3:

ab rege,

Sall. J. 56, 3; cf. ib. 66:

(consules) a senatu, a republica, a bonis omnibus defecerant,

Cic. Planc. 35; cf.:

a republica,

id. Cat. 11, 28; id. Fam. 12, 10; id. Sull. 12, 35:

ab imperio ac nomine nostro,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 31 et saep.:

a patribus ad plebem,

to go over, Liv. 6, 20:

ad se,

Sall. J. 61; cf.:

ad Poenos,

Liv. 22, 61.— Absol.:

civitates quae defecerant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 17, 2; 5, 25, 4; 7, 10 al.—

Trop.:

si a virtute defeceris,

forsake, Cic. Lael. 11, 37:

si utilitas ab amicitia defecerit,

id. Fin. 2, 24, 79:

ut a me ipse deficerem,

id. Fam. 2, 16.—Hence,

As a verb. act., to leave a person or thing, to desert, to fail, forsake, be wanting to (of things;

very rarely of personal subjects): quem jam sanguis viresque deficiunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 50 fin.; so,

vires,

id. B. C. 3, 99 fin.; Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199:

me Leontina civitas,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110; id. ib. 2, 5, 28 fin.; Hor. S. 2, 1, 13 et saep.:

res eos jam pridem, fides deficere nuper coepit,

Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10:

me dies, vox, latera deficiant, si, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 21 (imitated word for word, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 9); cf.:

ne te de republica disserentem deficiat oratio,

Cic. Rep. 1, 23; and:

tempus te citius quam oratio deficeret,

id. Rosc. Am. 32:

animus si te non deficit aequus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 30:

somnus sollicitas domus,

Tib. 3, 4, 20: genitor Phaethontis orbem, i. e. is eclipsed (cf. III. B. infra), Ov. M. 2, 382.— Poet. with a subject-clause: nec me deficiet nautas rogitare citatos, i. e. I will not cease, etc. Prop. 1, 8, 23 Kuin.—

Pass.:

cum aquilifer jam viribus deficeretur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 64, 3; cf.:

mulier a menstruis defecta,

Cels. 2, 8 fin.:

mulier abundat audacia, consilio et ratione deficitur,

Cic. Clu. 65, 184:

aqua ciboque defecti,

Quint. 3, 8, 23; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25:

sanguine defecti artus,

Ov. M. 5, 96 et saep.:

si qui dotem promisit defectus sit facultatibus,

i. e. unable to pay, Dig. 23, 3, 33; cf.:

te defecta nomina,

ib. 22, 1, 11 fin. —

Middle or neuter, to run out, be wanting, fail, cease, disappear.

Middle (mostly ante-class. and poet.).

With dat.: mihi fortuna magis nunc defit, quam genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19; Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 2:

lac mihi non aestate novum, non frigore defit,

Verg. E. 2, 22.—

Absol.:

neque opsonium defiat neque supersit,

Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 3;

so opp. superesse,

Ter. Ph. 1, 3, 10:

ut defiat dies,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 63: id. Mil. 4, 6, 46:

numquamne causa defiet, cur? etc.,

Liv. 9, 11.— Trop.:

defectis (sc. animo) defensoribus,

disheartened, Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 3:

sed non usque eo defectum Germanicum,

weakened, Tac. A. 2, 70; cf. in the foll. no. B. b.—

Neuter.

With dat. (so rarely; mostly poet.):

cum non solum vires, sed etiam tela nostris deficerent,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5, 1;

so perh.: vires nostris,

id. B. C. 2, 41, 7 (al. nostros); Sil. 8, 661 Oud. N. cr.; cf. id. 10, 10, 193; and Stat. Ach. 1, 445.—

Absol. (freq. in all periods and kinds of composition):

non frumentum deficere poterat,

Caes. B. C. 2, 37 fin.; cf.:

fructus ex arboribus,

id. ib. 3, 58 fin.:

ejus generis copia,

id. B. G. 6, 16 fin.:

tempus anni ad bellum gerendum,

id. ib. 4, 20, 2:

vereor, ne mihi crimina non suppeterent, ne oratio deesset, ne vox viresque deficerent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11:

nisi memoria forte defecerit,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 44; id. Rep. 1, 3:

non deficiente crumena,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 11 et saep.; Juv. 11, 38:

quod plena luna defecisset,

was eclipsed, Cic. Rep. 1, 15; cf.:

solem lunae oppositum solere deficere,

id. ib. 1, 16 al.; also simply to set:

qua venit exoriens, qua deficit,

Prop. 4, 4, 27: lunā deficiente, waning (opp. crescente), Gell. 20, 8, 5; of fire and light, to go out, expire, become extinct:

ignis,

Verg. G. 352:

lumen,

Petr. 111, 4:

progenies Caesarum in Nerone deficit,

becomes extinct, dies out, Suet. Galb. 1; cf. Plin. Pan. 39, 6; Just. 7, 2, 4; Sen. Suas. 2, 22;

but deficit ignis,

does not extend, Verg. A. 2, 505:

in hac voce defecit,

he departed, expired, Suet. Aug. 99; Quint. 6 prooem. § 11: deficit omne quod nascitur, comes to an end, Quint. 5, 10, 79; cf.:

mundum deficere,

id. ib.:

deficit vita,

Plaut. Asin. 3, 3, 19;

quod multi Gallicis tot bellis defecerant,

had been lost, Caes. B. C. 3, 2 fin.:

ultima jam passi comites bello Deficiunt,

grow faint, Ov. M. 14, 483:

deficit Matho,

fails, becomes bankrupt, Juv. 7, 129:

debitores,

Dig. 49, 14, 3, § 8:

munimenta defecerant,

yielded, surrendered, Curt. 4, 4, 19.— Trop.:

ne negotio desisteret neu animo deficeret,

nor be disheartened, Caes. B. C. 3, 112 fin.; so,

animo,

id. B. G. 7, 30; id. B. C. 1, 19; 2, 43; Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10;

for which, ne deficiant (apes) animum,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 34; and in a like sense absol.:

ne una plaga accepta patres conscripti conciderent, ne deficerent,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 9; so Caes. B. C. 2, 31 fin.; Sall. J. 51, 4:

deficit ars,

Ov. M. 11, 537: illis legibus populus Romanus prior non deficiet: si prior defexit publico consilio dolo malo, tu illo die, Juppiter, etc., to depart from, violate the conditions of a treaty, an old formula used in taking an oath, Liv. 1, 24 fin.:

pugnando deficere,

i. e. to be deficient, wanting, Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 3; cf. poet. with foll. inf.:

suppeditare Materies,

Lucr. 1, 1039; Sil. 3, 112; Tib. 4, 1, 191.— Hence, dēfectus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. III.), weak, weakened, worn out, enfeebled (not ante-Aug.):

quod sibi defectis illa tulisset opem,

Ov. F. 3, 674:

defectus annis et desertus viribus,

Phaedr. 1, 21, 3; cf.:

defectissimus annis et viribus,

Col. 1 prooem. §

12: senio (arbor),

id. 5, 6, 37:

laboribus,

Val. Fl. 2, 285:

vadit incerto pede, jam viribus defecta,

Sen. Hippol. 374:

defectae senectutis homine,

Dig. 7, 1, 12, § 3:

in tumidis et globosis (speculis) omnia defectiora (corresp. with paria and auctiora),

smaller, App. Mag. p. 283.— Plur. subst.: dēfecti, ōrum, m.:

sidera obscura attributa defectis,

the weak, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 28.