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ădămas, antis, m. (acc. Gr. adamanta, adamantas), = adamas (invincible), adamant, the hard est iron or steel; hence poet., for any thing inflexible, firm, lasting, etc. (first used by Verg.):

porta adversa ingens solidoque adamante columnae,

Verg. A. 6, 552; cf. Mart. 5, 11;

adamante texto vincire,

with adamantine chains, Sen. Herc. F. 807.— Trop. of character, hard, unyielding, inexorable:

nec rigidos silices solidumve in pectore ferrum aut adamanta gerit,

a heart of stone, Ov. M. 9, 615:

lacrimis adamanta movebis,

will move a heart of stone, id. A. A. 1, 659; so id. Tr. 4, 8, 45:

voce tua posses adamanta movere,

Mart. 7, 99:

duro nec enim ex adamante creati, Sed tua turba sumus,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 69. —

The diamond:

adamanta infragilem omni cetera vi sanguine hireino rumpente,

Plin. 20, prooem. 1; 37, 4, 15, § 55 sq.

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incestus, a, um, adj. [2. in-castus], unclean (in a moral and religious sense), impure, polluted, defiled, sinful, criminal (as an adj. mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

In gen.:

cum verborum contumeliis optimum virum incesto ore lacerasset,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

saepe Diespiter Neglectus incesto addidit integrum,

punished the good with the bad, Hor. C. 3, 2, 30:

catervae Incestarum avium,

that feed on corpses, Stat. Th. 9, 27:

profana illic omnia, quae apud nos sacra: rursum concessa apud illos, quae apud nos incesta,

Tac. H. 5, 4:

an triste bidental Moverit incestus,

impious, Hor. A. P. 472. —

In partic., unchaste, lewd, incestuous.

Adj.:

Ilion Fatalis incestusque judex... vertit In pulverem,

i. e. Paris, Hor. C. 3, 3, 19;

called also: praedo,

Stat. Ach. 1, 45:

princeps,

Plin. Pan. 52, 3:

amores,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 23; Tac. A. 12, 4:

nuptiae,

id. ib. 11, 25 fin.; cf.

conjugia,

Suet. Claud. 26:

noctes,

Plin. Pan. 63, 7:

voces,

Ov. Tr. 2, 503:

pellicere aliquem incesto sermone,

Liv. 8, 28, 3:

incestus manus intra terminos sacratos inferre,

id. 45, 5, 7:

corruptor et idem incestus,

Juv. 4, 9. — Hence,

incestum, i, n., unchastity, lewdness; esp. as a violation of religious laws, incest (class.):

incestum pontifices supremo supplicio sanciunto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

concubuit cum viro... fecit igitur incestum,

id. Inv. 1, 40, 73. committere, Quint. 4, 2, 88; Dig. 23, 2, 39:

ex incesto, quod Augustus cum Julia filia admisisset,

Suet. Calig. 23; cf.:

incesti cum sorore reus,

id. Ner. 5:

cum filia commissum,

Quint. 5, 10, 19:

incesto liberatus,

Cic. Pis. 39, 95:

incesti damnata,

Quint. 7, 8, 3:

ab incesto id ei loco nomen factum,

Liv. 8, 15, 8:

incesti poena... in viro in insulam deportatio est,

Paul. Sent. 2, 26, 15. — In plur.:

stupra... et adulteria, incesta denique,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 35, 75:

super sororum incesta,

Suet. Calig. 36:

Vestalium virginum,

id. Dom. 8.—

incesta, ae, f., an incestuous woman, paramour:

hunc (adamanta) dedit olim barbarus incestae,

Juv. 6, 158.— Adv.: incestē ( incastē, Sen. Contr. 2, 13).

In gen., impurely, sinfully, Lucr. 1, 98:

facere sacrificium Dianae,

Liv. 1, 45, 6.—

In partic., unchastely:

ideo aquam adduxi, ut ea tu inceste uterere?

Cic. Cael. 14, 34:

libidinatum,

Suet. Ner. 28:

agit incestius res suas,

Arn. 5, 170.

incestus, ūs, m. [1. incestus, II.], unchastity, incest (mostly Ciceron.):

quaestio de incestu,

Cic. Mil. 22, 59; id. Brut. 32, 122; 124; id. N. D. 3, 30, 74 Klotz; Liv. 4, 44 Weissenb.; Val. Max. 6, 3, 7.

incestus, a, um, adj. [2. in-castus], unclean (in a moral and religious sense), impure, polluted, defiled, sinful, criminal (as an adj. mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

In gen.:

cum verborum contumeliis optimum virum incesto ore lacerasset,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

saepe Diespiter Neglectus incesto addidit integrum,

punished the good with the bad, Hor. C. 3, 2, 30:

catervae Incestarum avium,

that feed on corpses, Stat. Th. 9, 27:

profana illic omnia, quae apud nos sacra: rursum concessa apud illos, quae apud nos incesta,

Tac. H. 5, 4:

an triste bidental Moverit incestus,

impious, Hor. A. P. 472. —

In partic., unchaste, lewd, incestuous.

Adj.:

Ilion Fatalis incestusque judex... vertit In pulverem,

i. e. Paris, Hor. C. 3, 3, 19;

called also: praedo,

Stat. Ach. 1, 45:

princeps,

Plin. Pan. 52, 3:

amores,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 23; Tac. A. 12, 4:

nuptiae,

id. ib. 11, 25 fin.; cf.

conjugia,

Suet. Claud. 26:

noctes,

Plin. Pan. 63, 7:

voces,

Ov. Tr. 2, 503:

pellicere aliquem incesto sermone,

Liv. 8, 28, 3:

incestus manus intra terminos sacratos inferre,

id. 45, 5, 7:

corruptor et idem incestus,

Juv. 4, 9. — Hence,

incestum, i, n., unchastity, lewdness; esp. as a violation of religious laws, incest (class.):

incestum pontifices supremo supplicio sanciunto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

concubuit cum viro... fecit igitur incestum,

id. Inv. 1, 40, 73. committere, Quint. 4, 2, 88; Dig. 23, 2, 39:

ex incesto, quod Augustus cum Julia filia admisisset,

Suet. Calig. 23; cf.:

incesti cum sorore reus,

id. Ner. 5:

cum filia commissum,

Quint. 5, 10, 19:

incesto liberatus,

Cic. Pis. 39, 95:

incesti damnata,

Quint. 7, 8, 3:

ab incesto id ei loco nomen factum,

Liv. 8, 15, 8:

incesti poena... in viro in insulam deportatio est,

Paul. Sent. 2, 26, 15. — In plur.:

stupra... et adulteria, incesta denique,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 35, 75:

super sororum incesta,

Suet. Calig. 36:

Vestalium virginum,

id. Dom. 8.—

incesta, ae, f., an incestuous woman, paramour:

hunc (adamanta) dedit olim barbarus incestae,

Juv. 6, 158.— Adv.: incestē ( incastē, Sen. Contr. 2, 13).

In gen., impurely, sinfully, Lucr. 1, 98:

facere sacrificium Dianae,

Liv. 1, 45, 6.—

In partic., unchastely:

ideo aquam adduxi, ut ea tu inceste uterere?

Cic. Cael. 14, 34:

libidinatum,

Suet. Ner. 28:

agit incestius res suas,

Arn. 5, 170.

incestus, ūs, m. [1. incestus, II.], unchastity, incest (mostly Ciceron.):

quaestio de incestu,

Cic. Mil. 22, 59; id. Brut. 32, 122; 124; id. N. D. 3, 30, 74 Klotz; Liv. 4, 44 Weissenb.; Val. Max. 6, 3, 7.

tĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3 ( perf. terii, acc. to Charis. p. 220 P.; perf. sync. tristi, Cat. 66, 30), v. a. [root ter; Gr. teirô, truô, tribô, to rub; cf. Lat. tribulare, triticum; akin to terên, tender, Lat. teres], to rub, rub to pieces; to bruise, grind, bray, triturate (syn.: frico, tundo, pinso).

Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

In gen.: num me illuc ducis, ubi lapis lapidem terit? (i. e. into a mill), Plaut. As. 1, 1, 16:

lacrimulam oculos terendo vix vi exprimere,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 23:

teritur lignum ligno ignemque concipit attritu,

Plin. 16, 40, 77. § 208: sed nihil hederā praestantius quae [p. 1860] teritur, lauro quae terat, id. ib.:

aliquid in mortario,

id. 34, 10, 22, § 104:

aliquid in farinam,

id. 34, 18, 50, § 170:

bacam trapetis,

Verg. G. 2, 519:

unguibus herbas,

Ov. M. 9, 655:

dentes in stipite,

id. ib. 8, 369:

lumina manu,

Cat. 66, 30:

sucina trita redolent,

Mart. 3, 64, 5:

piper,

Petr. 74:

Appia trita rotis,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 44:

cibum in ventre,

i. e. to digest, Cels. 1 praef. med. — Poet.: labellum calamo, i. e. to rub one ' s lip (in playing), Verg. E. 2, 34:

calcemque terit jam calce Diores,

treads upon, id. A. 5, 324:

crystalla labris,

Mart. 9, 23, 7.—

In partic.

To rub grain from the ears by treading, to tread out, thresh:

frumentum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 5:

milia frumenti tua triverit area centum,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 45:

area dum messes teret,

Tib. 1, 5, 22:

teret area culmos,

Verg. G. 1, 192; cf.:

ut patria careo, bis frugibus area trita est,

i. e. it has twice been harvest-time, Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 19.—

To cleanse or beautify by rubbing, to smooth, furbish, burnish, polish, sharpen (syn.:

polio, acuo): oculos,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 103:

crura mordaci pumice,

Ov. A. A. 1, 506:

hinc radios trivere rotis,

smoothed, turned, Verg. G. 2, 444:

vitrum torno,

Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 193:

catillum manibus,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 90:

tritus cimice lectus,

Mart. 11, 33, 1.—

To lessen by rubbing, to rub away; to wear away by use, wear out:

(navem) ligneam, saepe tritam,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 52:

hoc (tempus) rigidas silices, hoc adamanta terit,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6. 14:

ferrum,

to dull, id. M. 12, 167:

mucronem rubigine silicem liquore,

Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 15:

trita labore colla,

Ov. M. 15, 124:

trita subucula,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 96:

trita vestis,

id. ib. 1, 19, 38:

librum,

i. e. to read often, Mart. 8, 3, 4; 11, 3, 4; cf.:

quid haberet, Quod legeret tereretque viritim publicus usus?

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 92:

pocula labris patrum trita,

Mart. 11, 12, 3: ut illum di terant, qui primum olitor caepam protulit, crush, annihilate, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 681 P.—

Of persons, pass., to be employed in. occupied with:

nos qui in foro verisque litibus terimur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 5:

litibus,

id. ib. 10, 12, 3.—

To tread often, to visit, frequent a way or place (cf.:

calco, calcito): angustum formica terens iter,

Verg. G. 1, 380:

iter propositum,

Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 14:

Appiam mannis,

Hor. Epod. 4, 14:

viam,

Ov. A. A. 1, 52; Lucr. 1, 927:

via trita pede,

Tib. 4, 13, 10:

ambulator porticum terit,

Mart. 2, 11, 2:

limina,

id. 10, 10, 2:

mea nocturnis trita fenestra dolis,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 16:

nec jam clarissimorum virorum receptacula habitatore servo teruntur,

Plin. Pan. 50, 3: flavaeque terens querceta Maricae Liris, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr 259. —

In mal. part.:

Bojus est, Bojam terit,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 108; so Prop. 3, 11 (4. 10), 30; Petr. 87. —

Trop. (freq. in good prose).

To wear away, use up, i. e. to pass, spend time; usu. to waste, spend in dissipation, etc. (syn.:

absumo, consumo): teritur dies,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 20:

diem sermone terere segnities merast,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 67:

naves diem trivere,

Liv. 37, 27, 8:

tempus in convivio luxuque,

id. 1, 57, 9:

tempus ibi in secreto,

id. 26, 19, 5:

omnem aetatem in his discendis rebus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123:

teretur interea tempus,

id. Phil. 5, 11, 30:

jam alteram aetatem bellis civilibus,

Hor. Epod. 16, 1:

omne aevum ferro,

Verg. A. 9, 609:

spe otia,

id. ib. 4, 271:

otium conviviis comissationibusque inter se,

Liv. 1, 57, 5. —

To expend, employ (late Lat.):

qui operam teri frustra,

Amm. 27, 12, 12. —

To exert greatly, exhaust:

ne in opere longinquo sese tererent, Liv 6, 8, 10: ut in armis terant plebem,

id. 6, 27, 7.—

Of language, to wear out by use, i. e. to render common, commonplace, or trite (in verb finit. very rare, but freq. as a P. a.):

jam hoc verbum satis hesterno sermone trivimus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18:

quae (nomina) nunc consuetudo diurna trivit,

id. Fin. 3, 4, 15.—

To tread under foot, i. e. to injure, violate a thing:

jurata deorum majestas teritur,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 228. — Hence, P. a.: trītus, a, um.

Prop. of a road or way, oft-trodden, beaten, frequented, common:

iter,

Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7:

via,

id. Brut. 81, 281:

quadrijugi spatium,

Ov. M. 2, 167. — Sup.:

tritissima quaeque via,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 2. —

Fig.

Practised, expert:

tritas aures habere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4; so id. Brut. 32, 124.— Comp.:

tritiores manūs ad aedificandum perficere,

Vitr. 2, 1, 6. —

Of language, used often or much, familiar, common, commonplace, trite:

quid in Graeco sermone tam tritum atque celebratum est, quam, etc.,

Cic. Fl. 27, 65:

nomen minus tritum sermone nostro,

id. Rep. 2, 29, 52:

ex quo illud: summum jus summā injuriā factum est jam tritum sermone proverbium,

id. Off. 1, 10, 33.— Comp.:

faciamus tractando usitatius hoc verbum ac tritius,

Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 27:

compedes, quas induere aureas mos tritior vetat,

Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 152.