aliquid+ad+saxa+pm

clēmens, entis (abl. usu. -ti;

but -te,

Liv. 1, 26, 8; Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7, 3), adj. [etym. dub.; cf. lemures; and Germ. hold].

Orig. (in the class. per. very rare), of the quiet, placid, pleasant state of the air, wind, or weather, mild, calm, soft, gentle ( = the class. placidus, quietus): undae clementi flamine pulsae, * Cat. 64, 272:

clementior Auster vela vocat,

Stat. Th. 5, 468:

aura Favoni,

Claud. Cons. Prob. Olyb. 272; cf. id. III. Cons. Hon. 165; Val. Fl. 6, 747:

clementior dies,

Col. 11, 2, 2:

clementior Arctos,

Sil. 1, 198:

clementiores plagae (opp. Septentrio),

Pall. Febr. 12, 1.—Hence,

Esp.

Of the gentle motion of the sea, rivers, etc., placid, calm, etc.:

mare,

Gell. 2, 21, 1:

Pasitigris clementiore alveo praeterit, etc. (preced. by: praeceps inter saxa devolvitur),

Curt. 5, 3, 1:

quā sit clementissimus amnis,

Ov. M. 9, 116.—

Of places (opp. praeceps), smooth, of a gentle ascent:

clivulus,

App. M. 4, p. 144.—Far more freq.,

Trop.

Of a calm, unexcited, passionless state of mind, quiet, mild, gentle, tranquil, kind (syn.:

placidus, lenis): clementem vocabo non in alieno dolore facilem, sed eum, qui cum suis stimulis exagitetur, non prosilit, etc.,

Sen. Clem. 1, 20, 3:

egit semper vitam... clemens, placidus,

Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 10:

vita urbana atque otium,

id. ib. 1, 1, 17 (cf. with Cic. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

vita quieta atque otiosa): ille suam semper egit vitam in otio, in conviviis: clemens, placidus,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10; Liv. 38, 17, 17 (cf. the passages under clementia, cited from Flor.):

cupio, patres conscripti, me esse clementem: cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

etsi satis clemens sum in disputando, tamen interdum soleo subirasci,

id. Fin. 2, 4, 12:

(Arimphaeis) ritus clementes,

Plin. 6, 13, 14, § 35.—

Transf. to animals. tame, domesticated: clementius genus columbarum [p. 353] (opp. agrestes), Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 2.—

Specif.

Mild in respect to the faults and failures of others, i. e. forbearing, indulgent, compassionate, merciful (class.; syn.: mitis, benignus, humanus, lenis, facilis, indulgens;

opp.: crudelis, inhumanus, asper al.): clementi (mi) animo ignoscet,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 37; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 22:

judices et misericordes,

Cic. Planc. 13, 31; cf.

C. 3, 11, 46; Tac. A. 2, 57:

vir et contra audaciam fortissimus et ab innocentiā clementissimus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Nep. Epam. 3, 2:

legis interpres,

Liv. 1, 26, 8:

dominus facilis et clemens,

Suet. Aug. 67:

justa et clemens servitus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 9:

castigatio,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:

clementior sententia,

Liv. 8, 31, 8.—More unusual: rumor, i. e. non nimius, mild, mitigated, praos (acc. to Prisc. p. 1202 P.), Sall. J. 22, 1.—

Poet. of places:

pars (insulae) ratibus clemens,

accessible, Claud. B. Gild. 511.— Adv.: clē-menter.

(Acc. to I. A.) Gently, softly, mildly:

non desiit adsidue tremere Campania, clementius quidem, sed ingenti damno,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 31, 1:

agitant venti oleas,

Pall. Nov. 5:

spirant clementius Austri,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 27.—So of moderate, slow action gen.: Eu. Sequere sis. Ch. Sequor. Eu. Clementer quaeso;

calces deteris,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 111; so id. Stich. 4, 1, 26; id. Ep. 2, 2, 23. —

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) By degrees, gradually, gently:

clementer et molliter assurgens collis,

Col. 2, 2, 1; cf. Tac. A. 13, 38:

editum jugum,

id. G. 1; Sil. 1, 274; Sen. Oedip. 280:

accedere,

Tac. A. 12, 33; cf. in comp.:

explorare, si quā Appennini juga clementius adirentur,

id. H. 3, 52.—

(Acc. to II. A.) Quietly, placidly, tranquilly, calmly: accipere aliquid clementius aequo, * Lucr. 3, 314:

si quid est factum clementer, ut dissolute factum criminer,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 19:

leniter hominem clementerque accepit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 40, §

86: ferre aliquid,

id. Att. 6, 1, 3:

consolationes clementer admotae,

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11:

quo id pacto fieri possit clementissime,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 5:

leo caudam clementer et blande movet,

Gell. 5, 14, 12.—

(Acc. to II. B.) With forbearance, mildly, with indulgence:

clementer et moderate jus dicere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

clementer a consule accepti,

Liv. 27, 15, 2:

clementer ductis militibus,

i.e. peacefully, without plundering, id. 29, 2, 1.— Comp.:

clementius tractare aliquem,

Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 5.— Sup.:

clementissime scribere de aliquo,

Gell. 1, 18, 3:

qui victoriā civili clementissime usus est,

Sen. Ira, 2, 23, 4.

Clēmens, entis, m., a proper name, in later Lat. very freq.:

Julius,

Tac. A. 1, 23; 1, 26; 15, 73; id. H. 1, 87; 2, 12:

Arretinus,

id. ib. 4, 68; Suet. Dom. 11:

Flavius,

id. ib. 15.

complector ( conp-), plexus, 3, v. dep. (in signif. mostly coinciding with amplector), prop., to entwine around a person or thing (cf. amplector; class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

Of persons, to clasp, embrace, as an expression of affection.

With acc.:

vidi et illam et hospitem Conplexum atque ausculantem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 53: adcurrit;

mediam mulierem complectitur,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 106:

tum ille artius puellam amplexus,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103:

viri corpus,

Lucr. 4, 1193:

(adulescentem) complexus osculatusque dimiserit,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:

suum maritum,

Ov. M. 12, 428:

nepotes,

Verg. A. 6, 786:

aliquem conplexa tenere,

Cic. Font. 21, 47 (17, 36); cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 121.—Of parts of the person:

dextram euntis,

Verg. A. 8, 558; Ov. M. 6, 494; cf. Curt. 6, 7, 8:

infirmis membra lacertis,

Ov. M. 10, 407:

genua. in supplication,

Quint. 6, 1, 34:

pedes alicujus,

Luc. 10, 89.—

With inter se:

nosque inter nos esse conplexos,

Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58:

conplecti inter se lacrimantes milites coepisse,

Liv. 7, 42, 6; Verg. A. 5, 766.—

With in vicem, Quint. 7, 10, 17.—

Absol.:

nequeunt conplecti satis,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 32: Phr. Conplectere. Di. Lubens, id. Truc. 2, 4, 19:

contineri qum conplectar non queo,

id. Men. 5, 9, 65; id. Mil. 4, 8, 19; Prop. 1, [p. 390] 10, 5.—

With cum and abl., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 134.—

In gen., to grasp, clasp, seize, encircle, surround, compass, enclose:

(vitis) claviculis suis quasi manibus quicquid est nacta complectitur,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52:

(orbis caelestis) extimus, qui reliquos omnis complectitur,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

complexi terram maris,

Ov. M. 8, 731:

ubi mollis amaracus illum (Ascanium) Floribus et dulci conplectitur umbrā,

Verg. A. 1, 694:

vestis complectens undique corpus,

Cat. 64, 307:

spatium,

to mark out around for military purposes, Caes. B. G. 7, 72; Auct. B. G. 8, 74; cf.

of ploughing around,

Ov. M. 15, 619:

aliquem obsidione,

Vell. 2, 51, 1 et saep.:

caput digitis cruentis,

Ov. M. 3, 727:

manibus eminentia saxa,

Curt. 7, 11, 15:

dexterā impendentes ramos,

id. 9, 5, 13.—Of grasping an adversary in fight:

quoad stans complecti posset atque contendere,

Nep. Epam. 2, 4:

qui cum inter se complexi in terram ex equis decidissent... non prius distracti sunt, quam alterum anima relinqueret,

in contention, id. Eum. 4, 2.—

Trop.

Of sleep, to seize upon, enfold:

sopor fessos complectitur artus,

Verg. A. 2, 253; cf.:

me artior somnus conplexus est,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10.—

To embrace something intellectually as a whole, to comprehend, understand:

aliquid cogitatione et mente,

Cic. Or. 2, 8; cf. id. Fam. 5, 17, 4:

deum et divinum animum cogitatione,

id. Tusc. 1, 22, 51:

omne caelum totamque cum universo mari terram mente,

id. Fin. 2, 34, 112; cf. Quint. 12, 1, 25; 12, 2, 17:

animo proxima quaeque meo,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 70:

rei magnitudinem animo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 19; Quint. 10, 6, 3; 10, 6, 6 al.; cf. without acc.:

cum conplector animo, quattuor reperio causas, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 5, 15.—Without mente, animo, etc.:

perficies ut ego ista innumerabilia complectens nusquam labar?

Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 114:

totum genus judiciorum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 32:

formam animi magis quam corporis,

to consider, Tac. Agr. 46:

aliquid memoriā,

Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146; Quint. 2, 7, 3;

and without memoria,

id. 11, 2, 36.—

To comprehend a multitude of objects in discourse or in a written representation, to comprise, express, describe, represent, explain; with acc. and abl. or adv.:

omnia alicujus facta oratione,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57:

omnium rerum memoriam breviter libro,

id. Brut. 3, 14:

orator autem sic illigat sententiam verbis, ut eam numero quodam complectatur et astricto et soluto,

id. de Or. 3, 44, 175:

omnia unā comprehensione,

id. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

plura semel,

Quint. 11, 1, 66:

pauca paucis,

id. 8, 3, 82; cf. id. 7, 3, 29:

sententiam his verbis,

id. 3, 6, 13.—Esp. with sententiā, to sum up in a formal vote or decree (of speeches in the Senate): causas complectar ipsā sententiā, in the motion or decree itself, Cic. Phil. 14, 11, 29:

sed ut aliquando sententiā complectar, ita censeo,

id. ib. 14, 14, 36.—Hence,

In philos. lang., to draw a conclusion, make an inference, Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; Auct. Her. 2, 29, 47; cf. complexio.—

To embrace from love, to love, value, honor; to be addicted to, to care for; with acc. and abl.:

aliquem honoribus et beneficiis suis,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38; cf.:

eum beneficio,

id. Planc. 33, 82:

aliquem summā benevolentiā,

id. Fam. 6, 14, 1:

hunc omni tuā comitate,

id. ib. 7, 5, 3:

omnes caritate cives,

Liv. 7, 40, 3:

aliquem artā familiaritate,

Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 5 al. — Without abl.:

hominem,

Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 4. — Absol.: da te homini;

complectetur,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2:

quos fortuna complexa est,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

philosophiam,

id. Brut. 93, 322; cf.:

artes ingenuas,

Ov. P. 1, 6, 9:

causam eam,

Cic. Phil. 5, 16, 44; cf. id. Att. 16, 15, 3:

otium,

id. ib. 2, 6, 1.—

To embrace, include:

cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares, sed omnis omnium caritates patria una complexa est,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 87:

licet haec omnia complectatur eversio,

Quint. 8, 3, 69; 2, 15, 13.—

(Causa pro effectu.) To take into possession, to seize, lay hold of, to make one ' s self master of (rare):

(philosophiae) vis valet multum, cum est idoneam complexa naturam,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

facultatem aliquam,

id. Fam. 10, 12, 5; Liv. 44, 1, 12:

plures provincias complexus sum quam alii urbes ceperunt,

Curt. 6, 3, 4.

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Act. collat form complecto, ĕre: quando convenit complectite, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 472 fin.; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.—

complector, ti, in pass. signif.: invidiosā fortunā complecti, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.:

quo uno maleficio scelera omnia complexa esse videantur,

id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37 (but in Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40, and id. Fin. 3, 12, 41, the best read. is completur).

complector ( conp-), plexus, 3, v. dep. (in signif. mostly coinciding with amplector), prop., to entwine around a person or thing (cf. amplector; class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

Of persons, to clasp, embrace, as an expression of affection.

With acc.:

vidi et illam et hospitem Conplexum atque ausculantem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 53: adcurrit;

mediam mulierem complectitur,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 106:

tum ille artius puellam amplexus,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103:

viri corpus,

Lucr. 4, 1193:

(adulescentem) complexus osculatusque dimiserit,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:

suum maritum,

Ov. M. 12, 428:

nepotes,

Verg. A. 6, 786:

aliquem conplexa tenere,

Cic. Font. 21, 47 (17, 36); cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 121.—Of parts of the person:

dextram euntis,

Verg. A. 8, 558; Ov. M. 6, 494; cf. Curt. 6, 7, 8:

infirmis membra lacertis,

Ov. M. 10, 407:

genua. in supplication,

Quint. 6, 1, 34:

pedes alicujus,

Luc. 10, 89.—

With inter se:

nosque inter nos esse conplexos,

Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58:

conplecti inter se lacrimantes milites coepisse,

Liv. 7, 42, 6; Verg. A. 5, 766.—

With in vicem, Quint. 7, 10, 17.—

Absol.:

nequeunt conplecti satis,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 32: Phr. Conplectere. Di. Lubens, id. Truc. 2, 4, 19:

contineri qum conplectar non queo,

id. Men. 5, 9, 65; id. Mil. 4, 8, 19; Prop. 1, [p. 390] 10, 5.—

With cum and abl., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 134.—

In gen., to grasp, clasp, seize, encircle, surround, compass, enclose:

(vitis) claviculis suis quasi manibus quicquid est nacta complectitur,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52:

(orbis caelestis) extimus, qui reliquos omnis complectitur,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

complexi terram maris,

Ov. M. 8, 731:

ubi mollis amaracus illum (Ascanium) Floribus et dulci conplectitur umbrā,

Verg. A. 1, 694:

vestis complectens undique corpus,

Cat. 64, 307:

spatium,

to mark out around for military purposes, Caes. B. G. 7, 72; Auct. B. G. 8, 74; cf.

of ploughing around,

Ov. M. 15, 619:

aliquem obsidione,

Vell. 2, 51, 1 et saep.:

caput digitis cruentis,

Ov. M. 3, 727:

manibus eminentia saxa,

Curt. 7, 11, 15:

dexterā impendentes ramos,

id. 9, 5, 13.—Of grasping an adversary in fight:

quoad stans complecti posset atque contendere,

Nep. Epam. 2, 4:

qui cum inter se complexi in terram ex equis decidissent... non prius distracti sunt, quam alterum anima relinqueret,

in contention, id. Eum. 4, 2.—

Trop.

Of sleep, to seize upon, enfold:

sopor fessos complectitur artus,

Verg. A. 2, 253; cf.:

me artior somnus conplexus est,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10.—

To embrace something intellectually as a whole, to comprehend, understand:

aliquid cogitatione et mente,

Cic. Or. 2, 8; cf. id. Fam. 5, 17, 4:

deum et divinum animum cogitatione,

id. Tusc. 1, 22, 51:

omne caelum totamque cum universo mari terram mente,

id. Fin. 2, 34, 112; cf. Quint. 12, 1, 25; 12, 2, 17:

animo proxima quaeque meo,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 70:

rei magnitudinem animo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 19; Quint. 10, 6, 3; 10, 6, 6 al.; cf. without acc.:

cum conplector animo, quattuor reperio causas, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 5, 15.—Without mente, animo, etc.:

perficies ut ego ista innumerabilia complectens nusquam labar?

Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 114:

totum genus judiciorum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 32:

formam animi magis quam corporis,

to consider, Tac. Agr. 46:

aliquid memoriā,

Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146; Quint. 2, 7, 3;

and without memoria,

id. 11, 2, 36.—

To comprehend a multitude of objects in discourse or in a written representation, to comprise, express, describe, represent, explain; with acc. and abl. or adv.:

omnia alicujus facta oratione,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57:

omnium rerum memoriam breviter libro,

id. Brut. 3, 14:

orator autem sic illigat sententiam verbis, ut eam numero quodam complectatur et astricto et soluto,

id. de Or. 3, 44, 175:

omnia unā comprehensione,

id. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

plura semel,

Quint. 11, 1, 66:

pauca paucis,

id. 8, 3, 82; cf. id. 7, 3, 29:

sententiam his verbis,

id. 3, 6, 13.—Esp. with sententiā, to sum up in a formal vote or decree (of speeches in the Senate): causas complectar ipsā sententiā, in the motion or decree itself, Cic. Phil. 14, 11, 29:

sed ut aliquando sententiā complectar, ita censeo,

id. ib. 14, 14, 36.—Hence,

In philos. lang., to draw a conclusion, make an inference, Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; Auct. Her. 2, 29, 47; cf. complexio.—

To embrace from love, to love, value, honor; to be addicted to, to care for; with acc. and abl.:

aliquem honoribus et beneficiis suis,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38; cf.:

eum beneficio,

id. Planc. 33, 82:

aliquem summā benevolentiā,

id. Fam. 6, 14, 1:

hunc omni tuā comitate,

id. ib. 7, 5, 3:

omnes caritate cives,

Liv. 7, 40, 3:

aliquem artā familiaritate,

Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 5 al. — Without abl.:

hominem,

Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 4. — Absol.: da te homini;

complectetur,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2:

quos fortuna complexa est,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

philosophiam,

id. Brut. 93, 322; cf.:

artes ingenuas,

Ov. P. 1, 6, 9:

causam eam,

Cic. Phil. 5, 16, 44; cf. id. Att. 16, 15, 3:

otium,

id. ib. 2, 6, 1.—

To embrace, include:

cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares, sed omnis omnium caritates patria una complexa est,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 87:

licet haec omnia complectatur eversio,

Quint. 8, 3, 69; 2, 15, 13.—

(Causa pro effectu.) To take into possession, to seize, lay hold of, to make one ' s self master of (rare):

(philosophiae) vis valet multum, cum est idoneam complexa naturam,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

facultatem aliquam,

id. Fam. 10, 12, 5; Liv. 44, 1, 12:

plures provincias complexus sum quam alii urbes ceperunt,

Curt. 6, 3, 4.

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Act. collat form complecto, ĕre: quando convenit complectite, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 472 fin.; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.—

complector, ti, in pass. signif.: invidiosā fortunā complecti, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.:

quo uno maleficio scelera omnia complexa esse videantur,

id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37 (but in Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40, and id. Fin. 3, 12, 41, the best read. is completur).

līmō, adv., v. 1. limus fin.

līmo, āvi, ātum (arch. limassis, for limaveris, Caecil. Com. 140), 1, v. a. [lima], to file.

Lit.:

gemmis scalpendis atque limandis,

Plin. 36, 7, 10, § 54.—

Transf.

To file off:

plumbum limatum,

lead-filings, Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 168:

limata scobs,

id. ib.:

cornum limatum lima lignaria,

Scrib. 141:

acumen ossis,

Cels. 8, 10, 7.—

To rub, whet:

cornu ad saxa limato,

Plin. 8, 20, 29, § 71;

hence, limare caput cum aliquo,

to kiss, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 40; id. Poen. 1, 2, 82.—

Trop.

In gen., to file, polish, finish:

quaedam institui, quae limantur a me politius,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

stilus hoc maxime ornat ac limat,

id. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

ut ars aliquid limare non possit,

id. ib. 1, 25, 115:

vir nostrorum hominum urbanitate limatus,

id. N. D. 2, 29, 74.—

In partic.

To investigate accurately, to clear of every thing superfluous:

veritas ipsa limatur in disputatione,

Cic. Off. 2, 10, 35:

subtiliter mendacium,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 49. —

Cum se ipse consulto ad minutarum causarum genera limaverit, has prepared one's self thoroughly for, Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 3, 9.—

To file off, take away from, diminish:

tantum alteri affinxit, de altero limavit,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 36:

de tua prolixa beneficaque natura limavit aliquid posterior annus,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 8:

commoda alicujus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 38:

multum inde decoquent anni, multum ratio limabit,

Quint. 2, 4, 7. —Hence, līmātus, a, um, P. a., polished, refined, elegant, fine, accurate:

vir oratione maxime limatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 180:

jure madens, varioque togae limatus in usu,

Mart. 7, 51, 5:

pressum limatumque genus dicendi,

Quint. 2, 8, 4; 11, 1, 3:

Attici,

id. 12, 10, 17.— Comp.:

limatius dicendi genus,

Cic. Brut. 24, 93:

comis et urbanus fuerit limatior idem,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 65:

limatius ingenium,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 21.—Hence, adv.: līmātē, finely, elegantly, accurately; comp.:

limatius scriptum,

Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12:

limatius quaerere,

Amm. 15, 13, 2.

līmo, āre, v. a. [2. limus], to bemire, besmirch (in double sense, v. 2. limo, I. 2.):

caput alicui,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 82.

† Līmo, ōnis, m., = leimôn, the Meadow, the name of a writing of Cicero, Suet. Vit. Ter.—

A Roman surname: C. Apronius Limo, Ascon. ap. Cic. Or. pro Scauro.

līmō, adv., v. 1. limus fin.

līmo, āvi, ātum (arch. limassis, for limaveris, Caecil. Com. 140), 1, v. a. [lima], to file.

Lit.:

gemmis scalpendis atque limandis,

Plin. 36, 7, 10, § 54.—

Transf.

To file off:

plumbum limatum,

lead-filings, Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 168:

limata scobs,

id. ib.:

cornum limatum lima lignaria,

Scrib. 141:

acumen ossis,

Cels. 8, 10, 7.—

To rub, whet:

cornu ad saxa limato,

Plin. 8, 20, 29, § 71;

hence, limare caput cum aliquo,

to kiss, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 40; id. Poen. 1, 2, 82.—

Trop.

In gen., to file, polish, finish:

quaedam institui, quae limantur a me politius,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

stilus hoc maxime ornat ac limat,

id. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

ut ars aliquid limare non possit,

id. ib. 1, 25, 115:

vir nostrorum hominum urbanitate limatus,

id. N. D. 2, 29, 74.—

In partic.

To investigate accurately, to clear of every thing superfluous:

veritas ipsa limatur in disputatione,

Cic. Off. 2, 10, 35:

subtiliter mendacium,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 49. —

Cum se ipse consulto ad minutarum causarum genera limaverit, has prepared one's self thoroughly for, Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 3, 9.—

To file off, take away from, diminish:

tantum alteri affinxit, de altero limavit,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 36:

de tua prolixa beneficaque natura limavit aliquid posterior annus,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 8:

commoda alicujus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 38:

multum inde decoquent anni, multum ratio limabit,

Quint. 2, 4, 7. —Hence, līmātus, a, um, P. a., polished, refined, elegant, fine, accurate:

vir oratione maxime limatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 180:

jure madens, varioque togae limatus in usu,

Mart. 7, 51, 5:

pressum limatumque genus dicendi,

Quint. 2, 8, 4; 11, 1, 3:

Attici,

id. 12, 10, 17.— Comp.:

limatius dicendi genus,

Cic. Brut. 24, 93:

comis et urbanus fuerit limatior idem,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 65:

limatius ingenium,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 21.—Hence, adv.: līmātē, finely, elegantly, accurately; comp.:

limatius scriptum,

Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12:

limatius quaerere,

Amm. 15, 13, 2.

līmo, āre, v. a. [2. limus], to bemire, besmirch (in double sense, v. 2. limo, I. 2.):

caput alicui,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 82.

† Līmo, ōnis, m., = leimôn, the Meadow, the name of a writing of Cicero, Suet. Vit. Ter.—

A Roman surname: C. Apronius Limo, Ascon. ap. Cic. Or. pro Scauro.

mĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. ( act. collat. form, v. mino) [minae], to jut forth, project.

Lit. (only poet.):

geminique minantur In caelum scopuli,

Verg. A. 1, 162:

saxa minantia caelo,

Sil. 4, 2.—

Transf., to threaten, menace one with any thing; constr. alicui, alicui aliquid, with abl., with acc. and inf., or with ne.

In gen. (class.).

Alicui, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 149. —

Alicui aliquid:

crucem minari alicui,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 102.—

With abl.:

coepit minari interdum ferro,

Sall. C. 23, 3. —

With acc. and inf.:

ab hac minatus sese abire,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 14:

dolor se patientiam debilitaturum minatur,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 75.—

With ne:

minor interminorque, nequis, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 11 Fleck. —

Of inanim. things:

cum domus mea ardore suo deflagrationem Urbi minabatur,

Cic. Planc. 40, 95:

plaustra populo minantur,

Juv. 3, 256:

illa (ornus) usque minatur, et tremefacta comam concusso vertice nutat,

i. e. threatens to fall, gives signs of falling, Verg. A. 2, 628:

nil color caeli minatur, Juv 14, 294: quodcumque minabitur arcus,

Hor. A. P. 350.—

In partic., like the Gr. apeilein, to promise boastfully ( poet.):

atqui vultus erat multa et praeclara minantis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 9:

qui magna cum minaris, extricas nihil,

Phaedr. 4, 21, 4.—Hence, mĭnanter, adv., threateningly, with threats, = minaciter:

multa minanter agat,

Ov. A. A. 3, 582.

mĭnor, us, less, smaller inferior, etc.; comp., from parvus, q. v.

prō (archaic collat. form, posi in posimerium; cf. pono, from posino; cf. Gr. poti and pot with pros), adv. and prep. [root in Sanscr. prep. pra-, before, as in prathamas, first; Gr. pro; cf.: proteros, prôtos, etc.; Lat.: prae, prior, priscus, etc.; perh. old abl. form, of which prae is the loc. ], before, in front of; and, transf., for, with the idea of protection, substitution, or proportion.

Adv., found only in the transf. comp. signif. (v. infra, II. B. 3.) in connection with quam and ut: pro quam and pro ut (the latter usually written in one word, prout), like prae quam and prae ut.

Pro quam, in proportion as, just as:

nec satis est, pro quam largos exaestuat aestus,

Lucr. 2, 1137. —

Pro ut or prout, according as, in proportion, accordingly, proportionably as, just as, as (class.):

compararat argenti bene facti, prout Thermitani hominis facultates ferebant, satis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83:

tuas litteras, prout res postulat, exspecto,

id. Att. 11, 6 fin.:

id, prout cujusque ingenium erat, interpretabantur,

Liv. 38, 50:

prout locus iniquus aequusve his aut illis, prout animus pugnantium est, prout numerus, varia pugnae fortuna est,

id. 38, 40 fin. —With a corresp. ita:

ejusque rationem ita haberi, prout haberi lege liceret,

Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46:

prout sedes ipsa est, ita varia genera morborum sunt,

Cels. 4, 4, 5:

prout nives satiaverint, ita Nilum increscere,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 51.—

Prep. with abl. (late Lat. with acc.:

PRO SALVTEM SVAM,

Inscr. Grut. 4, 12; 46, 9; Inscr. Orell. 2360), before, in front of.

Lit., of place:

sedens pro aede Castoris,

Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27:

praesidia, quae pro templis cernitis,

id. Mil. 1, 2:

ii qui pro portis castrorum in statione erant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

pro castris copias habere,

id. ib. 7, 66:

pro castris dimicare,

id. ib. 5, 16:

pro oppido,

id. ib. 7, 71:

pro opere consistere,

Sall. J. 92, 9:

castra pro moenibus locata,

Liv. 2, 53; 4, 17:

pro muro,

id. 30, 10:

pro castris explicare aciem,

id. 6, 23:

pro vallo,

Plin. 2, 37, 37, § 101; Vell. 2, 19, 1.—With verbs of motion:

Caesar pro castris suas copias produxit,

before the camp, Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

hasce tabulas hic ibidem pro pedibus tuis obicito,

before your feet, App. Mag. p. 337, 36; id. M. 4, p. 155, 2.—

In partic., with the accessory idea of presence on the front part, on the edge or brink of a place, on or in the front of, often to be translated by a simple on or in:

pro censu classis iuniorum, Serv. Tullius cum dixit, accipi debet in censu, ut ait M. Varro, sicuti pro aede Castoris, pro tribunali, pro testimonio,

Fest. p. 246 Müll.; cf.: pro significat in, ut pro rostris, pro aede, pro tribunali, Paul. ex Fest. p. 228 Müll.; and:

pro sententia ac si dicatur in sententiā, ut pro rostris id est in rostris,

id. p. 226 Müll.: hac re pro suggestu pronunciata, qs. standing on the front part of the tribune, or, as we would say, on the tribune, Caes. B. G. 6, 3: pro tribunali cum aliquid ageretur, was transacted before or at my tribunal, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 21; so,

pro tribunali,

id. Pis. 5, 11; id. Sest. 15, 34: pro contione, before the assembled army; and, in gen., before the assembly:

laudatus pro contione Jugurtha,

Sall. J. 8, 2; cf. Curt. 9, 1, 1:

pro contione laudibus legati militumque tollere animos,

Liv. 7, 7:

fortes viros pro contione donantis,

Curt. 10, 5, 10:

pro contione litteras recitare,

id. 4, 10, 16; Liv. 38, 23 fin.:

pro contione palam utrumque temptavit,

Suet. Vesp. 7; Tac. A. 3, 9; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 3: [p. 1448] 4, 5, 11; cf.:

pro comitio,

Suet. Aug. 43:

uti pro consilio imperatum erat,

in the council, Sall. J. 29, 6; cf.:

supplicatio in triduum pro collegio decemvirūm imperata fuit,

Liv. 38, 36:

pontifices pro collegio decrevisse,

Gell. 11, 3, 2:

pro collegio pronuntiare,

Liv. 4, 26, 9:

suas simultates pro magistratu exercere,

id. 39, 5:

pro munimentis castelli manipulos explicat,

before, on the fortifications, Tac. A. 2, 80; 12, 33: stabat pro litore diversa acies, in front of or upon the shore, id. ib. 14, 30:

legionem pro ripā componere,

id. ib. 12, 29:

velamenta et infulas pro muris ostentant,

in front of, from the walls, Tac. H. 3, 31; so,

pro muris,

id. A. 2, 81:

ad hoc mulieres puerique pro tectis aedificiorum saxa et alia, quae locus praebebat, certatim mittere,

standing on the edge of the roofs, from the roofs, Sall. J. 67, 1 Kritz.—

Transf.

To signify a standing before or in front of, for defence or protection; hence an acting for, in behalf of, in favor of, for the benefit of, on the side of (opp. contra, adversum):

veri inveniendi causā contra omnia dici oportere et pro omnibus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 60; cf.:

hoc non modo non pro me, sed contra me est potius,

id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:

partim nihil contra Habitum valere, partim etiam pro hoc esse,

id. Clu. 32, 88:

difficillimum videtur quod dixi, pro ipsis esse quibus eveniunt ista, quae horremus ac tremimus,

Sen. Prov. 3, 2:

haec cum contra legem proque lege dicta essent,

Liv. 34, 8: pro Romano populo armis certare, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 6 (Ann. v. 215 Vahl.); cf.: pro vostrā vitā morti occumbant, id. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 62 (Trag. v. 176 Vahl.): quae ego pro re publica fecissem, Cato ap. Front. p. 149:

nihil ab eo praetermissum est, quod aut pro re publicā conquerendum fuit, aut pro eā disputandum,

Cic. Sest. 2, 3:

omnia me semper pro amicorum periculis, nihil umquam pro me ipso deprecatum,

id. de Or. 2, 49, 201:

convenit dimicare pro legibus, pro libertate, pro patriā,

id. Tusc. 4, 19, 43:

dulce et decorum est pro patriā mori,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 13; cf. id. ib. 3, 19, 2:

pro sollicitis non tacitus reis,

id. ib. 4, 1, 14:

spondere levi pro paupere,

id. A. P. 423:

urbes, quae viris aut loco pro hostibus et advorsum se opportunissumae erant,

Sall. J. 88, 4:

nec aliud adversus validissimas gentes pro nobis utilius, quam, etc.,

Tac. Agr. 12:

et locus pro vobis et nox erit, Liv 9, 24, 8: et loca sua et genus pugnae pro hoste fuere,

id. 39, 30, 3:

pro Corbulone aetas, patrius mos... erant: contra, etc.,

Tac. A. 3, 31; id. H. 4, 78; Curt. 4, 14, 16.—

With the notion of replacement or substitution, in the place of, instead of, for.

In gen.: numquam ego argentum pro vino congiario... disdidi, Cato ap. Front. p. 149:

ego ibo pro te, si tibi non libet,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 10:

ego pro te molam,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 29; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13:

mutata (ea dico), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud... ut cum minutum dicimus animum pro parvo, etc.,

id. Or. 27, 92 sq.; cf.:

libenter etiam copulando verba jungebant, ut sodes pro si audes, sis pro si vis... ain' pro aisne, nequire pro non quire, malle pro magis velle, nolle pro non velle. Dein etiam saepe et exin pro deinde et exinde dicimus,

id. ib. 45, 154:

pro vitulā statuis dulcem Aulide natam, Hor S. 2, 3, 199: pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,

id. ib. 1, 3, 61; cf. Suet. Caes. 70:

pro ope ferendā sociis pergit ipse ire, etc.,

Liv. 23, 28, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.; Zumpt, Gram. § 667; cf.:

pro eo, ut ipsi ex alieno agro raperent, suas terras, etc.,

Liv. 22, 1, 2.—

Esp. freq. in connection with the title of any officer, to denote his substitute' pro consule, pro praetore, pro quaestore, pro magistro, etc. (afterwards joined into one word, as proconsul, propraetor, proquaestor, promagister, etc.), proconsul, proprœtor, proquœstor, vice-director:

cum pro consule in Ciliciam proficiscens Athenas venissem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 82; cf.:

cum L. Philippus pro consulibus eum se mittere dixit, non pro consule,

instead of the consuls, not as proconsul, id. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

nec pro praetore, Caesarem (vocat),

id. ib. 13, 10, 22; Liv. 35, 1. cum Alexandriae pro quaestore essem, Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 11' cf.:

litteris Q. Caepionis Bruti pro consule... Q. Hortensii pro consule opera, etc.,

id. Phil. 10, 11, 26: P. Terentius operas in portu et scripturā Asiae pro magistro dedit, id. Att. 11, 10, 1; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169; id. Fam. 13, 65, 1; see also the words proconsul, promagister, propraetor, proquaestor, etc.—

So of price, penalty, etc., in exchange, in return for:

tres minas pro istis duobus dedi,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 138; id. Aul. 3, 3, 8:

pro hujus peccatis ego supplicium sufferam,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 17:

dimidium ejus quod pactus esset, pro carmine daturum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 351:

pro vitā hominis nisi hominis vita reddatur, non posse deorum inmortalium numen placari,

Caes. B. G. 6, 16:

id pro immolatis in foro Tarquiniensium Romanis poenae hostibus redditum,

Liv. 7, 19, 3:

vos, pro paternis sceleribus, poenas date,

Sen. Med. 925; Lact. 2, 7, 21:

pro crimine poenas,

Ov. Ib. 621.—

Pro is also frequently used to denote the viewing, judging, considering, representing of a thing as something, for, the same as, just as, as:

pro sano loqueris, quom me appellas nomine,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 24:

sese ducit pro adulescentulo,

id. Stich. 3, 1, 65; id. Cist. 1, 3, 24:

hunc Eduxi a parvulo, habui, amavi pro meo,

as my own, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 23:

Cato ille noster qui mihi unus est pro centum milibus,

whose voice I regard as equal to that of thousands, Cic. Att. 2, 5, 1:

Siciliam nobis non pro penariā cellā, sed pro aerario fuisse,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5:

P. Sestio pro occiso relictus est,

id. Sest. 38, 81; Caes. B. G. 3, 109:

cum pro damnato mortuoque esset,

as good as condemned and dead, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

summa ratio, quae sapientibus pro necessitate est,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 3:

negotia pro solatiis accipiens,

Tac. A. 4, 13:

consuli pro hostibus esse,

Liv. 43, 5, 4:

adeo incredibilis visa res, ut non pro vano modo, sed vix pro sano nuncius audiretur,

as a boaster, Liv. 39, 49: quoniam de adventu Caesaris pro certo habebamus, to consider as certain, Mat. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 15, 6 et saep.; v. certus.—

Esp. in certain phrases: pro eo, for the same thing, as just the same:

ut si a Caesare, quod speramus, impetrarimus, tuo beneficio nos id consecutos esse judicemus: sin minus, pro eo tantum id habeamus, cum a te data sit opera, ut impetraremus,

Cic. Fam. 13, 7, 5.—With the particles of comparison: atque ( ac), ac si, quasi, just the same as, even as, as though: pro eo ac debui, just as was my duty, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1:

pro eo ac si concessum sit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 32, 54:

pro eo est atque si adhibitus non esset,

Dig. 28, 1, 22:

pro eo erit quasi ne legatum quidem sit,

ib. 30, 1, 38: pro eo quod, for the reason that, because:

pro eo quod ejus nomen erat magnā apud omnes gloriā,

Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 75: pro eo quod pluribus verbis vos quam volui fatigavi, veniam a vobis petitam velim, Liv 38, 49 fin. —

On account of, for the sake of:

dolor pro patriā,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24:

tumultus pro recuperandā re publicā,

id. Brut. 90, 311 dub. (B. and K. omit pro):

dedit pro corpore nummos, i. e. to rescue his person,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 43:

aliquem amare pro ejus eximiā suavitate,

Cic. de Or 1, 55, 234:

pro quibus meritis quanto opere dilectus sit,

Suet. Aug. 57:

cum pro incolumitate principis vota susceperunt,

Tac. A. 4, 17:

pro bono (= bene),

Sall. J. 22, 4.—

Pro is used in its most general sense in stating the relation between two objects or actions, in proportion, in comparison with, according to or as, conformably to, by virtue of, for, etc.:

meus pater nunc pro hujus verbis recte et sapienter facit,

according to his story, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133:

tu pro oratione nec vir nec mulier mihi's,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 71: pro viribus tacere ac fabulari, according to one's ability, Enn. ap. Non. 475, 4 (Trag. v. 181 Vahl.):

facere certum'st pro copiā ac sapientiā,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 8:

agere pro viribus,

Cic. Sen. 9, 27:

aliquem pro dignitate laudare,

id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:

proelium atrocius quam pro numero pugnantium fuit,

Liv. 21, 29: pro imperio, by virtue of his office or authority:

quia pro imperio palam interfici non poterat,

Liv. 1, 51, 2; hence, imperatively, dictatorially, summarily:

nec illum ipsum submovere pro imperio posse more majorum,

id. 2, 56, 12 ' hem! satis pro imperio, quisquis es, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 18:

pro tuā prudentiā,

Cic. Fam. 4, 10, 2; 11, 12, 2:

cum in eam rationem pro suo quisque sensu ac dolore loqueretur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69:

quibus aliquid opis fortasse ego pro meā, tu pro tuā, pro suā quisque parte ferre potuisset,

id. Fam. 15, 15, 3: pro virili parte, according to one's ability, id. Sest. 66, 138; Liv. praef. 2; Ov. Tr. 5, 11, 23. —Esp. freq.: pro ratā parte and pro ratā, in proportion, proportionably; v. ratus:

pro se quisque,

each according to his ability, each one for himself, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Caes. B. G. 2, 25; Verg. A. 12, 552 et saep.:

pro tempore et pro re,

according to time and circumstances, Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

pro facultatibus,

Nep. Epam. 3, 5.—Pro eo, quantum, or ut, in proportion to, as, according to, according as:

eāque pro eo, quantum in quoque sit ponderis, esse aestimanda,

Cic. Fin. 4, 21, 58:

equidem pro eo, quanti te facio, quicquid feceris, approbabo,

id. Fam. 3, 3, 2: tamen pro eo ut temporis difficultas tulit, etc., L. Metell. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 126.

pro-): prōdeo, prŏfiteor; and even in words borrowed from the Greek, as prōlogus.—Its signification has reference either to place, before, forwards; or to protection, for; procedo, procurro, profanus; procuro, propugno, prosum, protego.

prō (less correctly prōh), interj., an exclamation of wonder or lamentation, O! Ah! Alas! (class.).

With nom.:

proh! bonae frugi hominem te jam pridem esse arbitror,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 4: pro Juppiter! Enn. ap. Varr L. L. 7, § 12 Müll. (Trag. v 225 Vahl.); Ter. And. 4, 3, 17; id. Eun. 3, 5, 2; id. Ad. 1, 2, 31; cf.:

pro supreme Juppiter,

id. ib. 2, 1, 42:

pro Juppiter, Hominis stultitiam!

id. ib. 3, 3, 12:

pro di immortales,

id. ib. 3, 4, 1; cf.: pro, dii immortales: Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33:

pro curia inversique mores!

Hor. C. 3, 5, 7:

pro scelus,

Mart. 2, 46, 8.—

Parenthet.:

pro, quanta potentia regni Est, Venus alma, tui,

Ov. M. 13, 758:

et mea, pro! nullo pondere verba cadunt,

id. H. 3, 98:

tantum, pro! degeneramus a patribus,

Liv. 22, 14, 6; Curt. 4, 16, 10.—

With acc.: pro divom fidem! Enn. ap. Don. ad. Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25 (Sat. v. 30 Vahl.); Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 28; cf.:

pro deum atque hominum fidem!

id. And. 1, 5, 2; 11; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 9; Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 48;

instead of which, ellipt.: pro deum immortalium!

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 4:

pro deum atque hominum,

id. Hec. 2, 1, 1:

pro fidem deum! facinus foedum,

id. Eun. 5, 4, 21.—

With gen.: pro malae tractationis! Tert. Poen. fin.

vŏlūto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. and n. [id.], to roll, turn, twist, or tumble about.

Lit.

In gen.

With acc.:

amphoras per terram,

Col. 12, 48, 4:

pelagus (ventus),

Luc. 1, 412: pilas e fimo pedibus. i. e. to form by rolling together, Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 98; cf. volvo, I.—With se:

se in pulvere,

to roll about, wallow, Plin. 30, 16, 53, § 148.—

More freq., mid.:

ut gallinae possint in pulvere volutari,

roll themselves, roll, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 7:

sus caenoso lacu,

Col. 7, 10, 6:

super aureorum acervos... toto corpore volutatus est,

Suet. Calig. 42 fin.:

volutati supra jacentia poma (irenacei),

Plin. 8, 37, 56, § 133; cf.

in allusion to the lit. signif. of the name Verres: quem (Verrem) in luto volutatum totius corporis vestigiis invenimus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53:

(animi) corporibus elapsi circum terram ipsam volutantur,

id. Rep. 6, 26, 29:

cum tibi pueri ad pedes volutarentur,

Auct. Her. 4, 24, 33; so in part.:

genua amplexus genibusque volutans Haerebat,

Verg. A. 3, 607:

(amnis) per cava saxa volutans,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 45:

in sacco et cinere volutantes,

Tert. Apol. 40 fin. —

In partic., in mal. part., Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 140; Sen. Contr. 1, 2; Petr. 79; Just. 12, 16, 2; Tert. ad Uxor. 9.—

Trop., to roll, roll about, roll along, etc.; to roll, wallow.

In gen.:

vocem per ampla atria,

to roll, spread, Verg. A. 1, 725; so,

vocem,

id. ib. 5, 149:

murmura,

id. ib. 10, 98: confusa verba. Ov. M. 12, 55.—

Mid.: cum omnes in omni genere et scelerum et flagitiorum volutentur,

wallow, Cic. Fam. 9, 3, 1:

in omni dedecore,

Auct. Her. 4, 13, 19:

inter mala plurima,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 4.—

In partic.

To busy, occupy (of the mind):

animum saepe tacitis cogitationibus,

Liv. 9, 17, 2:

in veteribus scriptis studiose et multum volutatum esse,

Cic. de Or. 3, 10, 39; cf. id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 4.—

To turn over or revolve in the mind; to consider, weigh, ponder:

rem in pectore,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 1:

gladios in comisationem praeparatos volutabam in animo,

Liv. 40, 13, 4:

haec secum volutantem in animo,

id. 42, 11, 5:

hoc eum jam pridem volutare in animo,

id. 28, 18, 11:

haec in animo voluta,

Sen. Ep. 24, 15; cf.:

in pectore volutare,

Lact. 7, 16, 4:

ipse quid intra animum volutaverim... omittam referre,

Tac. A. 4, 40:

nihil umquam nisi sempiternum et divinum animo volutare,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28:

aliud atque aliud consilium animo,

Curt. 5, 12, 10; Tac. H. 2, 49; Sen. Cons. Marc. 11, 5:

aliquid mente,

Lucr. 3, 240:

tacitus mecum ipse voluto,

Verg. E. 9, 37:

inter seque,

Ov. M. 1, 389:

multa secum animo volutans,

Liv. 40, 8, 5:

haec secum volutans,

id. 30, 14, 3; 26, 7, 3:

secum corde,

Verg. A. 4, 533:

suo cum corde,

id. ib. 6, 185:

aliquid in secreto cum amicis,

to consider, discuss, Liv. 34, 36, 4:

consilia de Romano bello,

id. 34, 60, 2:

quibus suā sponte volutantibus res inter se repugnantes obtorpuerant animi,

id. 32, 20, 2.—

Neutr., to roll or tumble one's self (very rare):

leone obvio suppliciter volutante,

Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 56; so id. 35, 11, 40, § 140 (cf. I. A. 1. b. fin. supra).

1)

а) ставить, расставлять, размещать, располагать (saxa atque materiam Q; simulacrum Victoriae ante Minervam Cs)

б) расквартировывать ( exercitum in provinciam hiemandi gratiā Sl); выстраивать ( aciem triplicem bAfr); поселять ( Bojos in finibus suis Cs)

2) вкладывать, помещать

3) ставить, воздвигать (statuam Q; moenia Vtr; tabernaculum in Campo Martio C)

4) проводить ( adulescentiam suam in voluptatibus C)

5) пристроить, выдать замуж (filiam alicui in matrimonium C etc. и in matrimonio Pl, Dig; sorores nuptum in alias civitates Cs)

6) устраивать, приводить в порядок (rem militarem C; chlamydem, ut pendeat apte, c. O)

7) уложить, убить ( hastā sues M)

8) мед. вставлять на место, вправлять ( maxillam in sedem suam CC)

1) разворачивать, раскатывать, развёртывать (serpens evolvitur Sil; e. volumen epistularum C); распахивать ( vestem O)

2) выворачивать, вырывать ( arbusta radicĭtus Lcr)

3) излагать, изъяснять (causas belli Enn; naturam rerum C); развивать ( notionem animi C); возвещать ( fatorum arcana V)

4) обдумывать ( aliquid secum SenT)

5) выкатывать, сваливать ( saxa lacertis Lcn)

6) лущить, очищать ( panicum evolutum furfure Col)

7) добыть, достать, наскрести ( argentum aut terrā aut mari Pl)

8)

а) катить ( prorulam terram in mare L); скатывать, отбрасывать (с себя) ( jactas silvas O)

б) стремиться, клубиться, валить ( fumus specu evolvitur QC) или докатываться, доходить, достигать ( dicta ad aures alicujus evolvebantur L)

9) выталкивать, вытеснять, изгонять ( aliquem sede patriā T)

10) лишать (e. bonis Sen; aliquem ex praedā L); разоблачать ( evolūtus tegumentis dissimulationis C)

11) развивать, раскручивать

1) висеть (над чём-л.), свисать (saxum impendet Tantalo C; montes impendentes C; saxa, quae impendent mare — acc. Lcr)

2) предстоять, угрожать (aliquid impendet alicui, aliquem или in aliquem Ter etc.)

1) ударять (in aliquid, alicui rei)

2) метать, бросать, кидать, швырять (saxa, faces et hastas T)

3) внушать, вселять (alicui terrorem C; pudorem H)

4) причинять ( alicui morbum Pl)

5) выкрикивать, криком сообщать (alicui foedum nuntium L)

6) придавать ( vim ventis V)

7) потрясать ( incussit mentem pavor VF)

1) (в)носить, класть, вкладывать ( ligna foco Tib); бросать, метать (saxa, tela, jacula in aliquem L и alicui QC); нагромождать ( scelus sceleri SenT); вливать ( aquam Pl); подносить, наполнять ( alicui calices Ctl)

2)

а) давать, навязывать (i. alicui nomen T, judicem T; i. alicui omnia imperia Just)

б) присуждать (dira supplicia, sc. alicui SenT)

3) произносить ( aliquid lentissimā voce Pt)

1) выдвигать, выставлять вперёд, нагромождать впереди ( truncos arborum et saxa QC)

2) загромождать, затыкать, закрывать ( aliquid L)

1) строить, воздвигать, возводить впереди (murum L; saxa O, QC)

2) загромождать, заваливать (portas Cs, Sl; vias Just; terras et undas O); перегораживать, запруживать ( flumma Cs); преграждать (iter, aditum ad aliquid C; viam alicui rei Tert)

3) мешать, препятствовать ( cognitio multis obstructa difficultatibus C)

1) вперёд или вниз головой, стремглав ( aliquem praecipĭtem dejicere C или dare Ter)

2) стремительный, быстрый (columba V; amnis H; Africus H); быстротечный (nox O; annus SenT); головокружительный ( celeritas C)

3) склоняющийся ( in occasum sol L); склоняющийся к закату (dies L, Eutr); уходящий, кончающийся ( aestas Sl); неудержимо мчащийся (ad exitium Su)

4) необдуманный, опрометчивый (in omnibus consiliis C); неистовый, безудержный ( furor C); склонный, легко увлекаемый ( in avaritiam et crudelitatem L); рискованный, опасный, критический ( tempus O)

5) крутой, обрывистый (locus Cs; saxa L); покатый, стремительно спускающийся ( iter O)

6) быстро действующий ( remedium QC)

1) (= praecipitium) круча, крутизна, обрыв, пропасть, бездна (in p. deferri L и vadĕre SenT)

2) крайняя опасность, критическое положение (se in p. dare L; lĕvare aliquem ex praecipĭti H)

3) высшая точка, вершина (accedere ad p. PJ)

перен. высшая степень, предел ( in praecipiti stare J)

1) гнать (перед собой), погонять, выгонять (pecus pastum L; oves in pabulum Vr); толкать вперёд, подталкивать, подгонять ( navem remis C); сбрасывать, сваливать ( saxa in aliquem QC); отгонять, отбивать, отражать ( hostem a castris L); изгонять ( alitem nido Col)

2) предупреждать, предотвращать ( frigus duramque famem H)

3) побуждать, вынуждать (aliquem ad aliquid T)

4) опрокидывать, рушить (crates pro munitione objectas Cs; urbem VF)

1) поворачивать ( alicui collum L); направлять, обращать (oculos ad aliquid V)

2) заворачивать, обёртывать ( vestem circum bracchia T)

3)

а) вращать ( axem umĕro torquet Atlas V)

б) ворочать, катить ( saxa V)

4) отворачивать ( aures ab obscēnis sermonibus H)

5)

а) крутить, скручивать, прясть (stamĭna pollĭce O; aurea pensa Pt — см. pensum 2.)

б) завивать ( capillos ferro O); вить, свивать

6) сгибать, гнуть ( taxos in arcūs V); кривить, искривлять ( ora V)

7) скручивать члены, истязать, пытать, мучить (aliquem eculeo C; corpus suum Sen)

8) терзать, мучить, беспокоить ( memoriā malorum torqueri C)

9)

а) подвергать испытанию, испытывать ( aliquem mero H)

б) исследовать ( torqueatur vita Sullae C)

10) взбивать ( spumas V)

11) искажать, извращать ( jus omne C)

12) метать, бросать с размаху (jaculum in hostem V, O; fulmĭna V). — см. тж. tortus I