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1 altum

altum ī, n [altus], height: ordo editus in altum: genitum demisit ab alto, i. e. from heaven, V.—Meton., depth, the deep, the sea: terris iactatus et alto, V.: in altum Vela dabant, V.: urget ab alto Notus, V.: aditus ex alto: naves in altum provectae, Cs.: in altum rapi (of a river), L.— Fig.: imbecillitas in altum provehitur imprudens, into deep water: ex alto repetita, far-fetched: quid causas petis ex alto? V.
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I
ADV

deeply, deep; high, on high, from above
II
alti N N

the_deep, the_sea; deep water; a height/depth; remote/obscure period/source

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2 altum

altum adv. [altus], deeply: dormire, Iu.
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ADV

deeply, deep; high, on high, from above
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alti N N

the_deep, the_sea; deep water; a height/depth; remote/obscure period/source

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3 altum

altum, i, n., v. altus, P. a. from alo.

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4 Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum videtur

• Anything said in Latin sounds profound

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5 Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur

• Anything said in Latin sounds profound

Latin Quotes (Latin to English) > Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur
6 altus

1.
altus, a, um, participle from alo., lit., grown or become great, great (altus ab alendo dictus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; cf. the Germ. gross with the Engl. grow), a polar word meaning both high and deep.
A.
Seen from below upwards, high.
I.
Lit.: IN ALTOD MARID PVCNANDOD, etc., Columna Duilii; so, maria alta, Liv. Andron. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5, 10; id. ib. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.: aequor, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 23 Müll.: parietes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44:
sub ramis arboris altae,
Lucr. 2, 30:
acervus,
id. 3, 198 al.:
columellam tribus cubitis ne altiorem,
Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66:
altior illis Ipsa dea est colloque tenus supereminet omnes,
taller, Ov. M. 3, 181:
altis de montibus,
Verg. E. 1, 83:
umbras Altorum nemorum,
Ov. M. 1, 591 al. —With the acc. of measure:
clausi lateribus pedem altis,
a foot high, Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 39 Gerl.; cf. Lind. C. Gr. I. p. 215.—With gen.:
triglyphi alti unius et dimidiati moduli, lati in fronte unius moduli,
Vitr. 4, 3:
majorem turrim altam cubitorum CXX.,
id. 10, 5:
alta novem pedum,
Col. 8, 14, 1:
singula latera pedum lata tricenum, alta quinquagenum,
Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 4.—
II.
Trop., high, lofty, elevated, great, magnanimous, high-minded, noble, august, etc.:
altissimus dignitatis gradus,
Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 14; so id. Clu. 55; id. Dom. 37.—Of mind or thought:
te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:
homo sapiens et altā mente praeditus,
highminded, id. Mil. 8:
qui altiore animo sunt,
id. Fin. 5, 20, 57 al. —So of gods, or persons elevated in birth, rank, etc.;
also of things personified: rex aetheris altus Juppiter,
Verg. A. 12, 140:
Apollo,
id. ib. 10, 875:
Caesar,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 37:
Aeneas, i. e. deā natus,
id. S. 2, 5, 62:
Roma,
Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 33:
Carthago,
Prop. 2, 1, 23 al. —Of the voice, high, shrill, loud, clear:
Conclamate iterum altiore voce,
Cat. 42, 18:
haec fatus altā voce,
Sen. Troad. 196:
altissimus sonus,
Quint. 11, 3, 23 (cf.:
vox magna,
Ov. Tr. 4, 9, 24; Juv. 4, 32).— Subst.: altum, i, n., a height:
sic est hic ordo (senatorius) quasi propositus atque editus in altum,
on high, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 98:
aedificia in altum edita,
Tac. H. 3, 71:
quidquid in altum Fortuna tulit, ruitura levat,
Sen. Agam. 100.—Esp.
(α).
(Sc. caelum.) The height of heaven, high heaven, the heavens:
ex alto volavit avis,
Enn. Ann. 1, 108:
haec ait, et Maiā genitum demisit ab alto,
Verg. A. 1, 297.—Still more freq.,
(β).
(Sc. mare.) The high sea, the deep, the sea: rapit ex alto navīs velivolas, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 224:
ubi sumus provecti in altum, capiunt praedones navem illam, ubi vectus fui,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 39; so id. Men. 1, 2, 2; id. Rud. prol. 66; 2, 3, 64:
terris jactatus et alto,
Verg. A. 1, 3:
in altum Vela dabant,
id. ib. 1, 34:
collectae ex alto nubes,
id. G. 1, 324:
urget ab alto Notus,
id. ib. 1, 443 al.:
alto mersā classe,
Sil. 6, 665:
ab illā parte urbis navibus aditus ex alto est,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 32:
in alto jactari,
id. Inv. 2, 31, 95:
naves nisi in alto constitui non poterant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 24:
naves in altum provectae,
id. ib. 4, 28: scapha in altum navigat, Sall. Fragm.—So in the plur.:
alta petens,
Verg. A. 7, 362.— Trop.:
quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 6:
imbecillitas... in altum provehitur imprudens,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42:
te quasi quidam aestus ingenii tui in altum abstraxit,
id. de Or. 3, 36, 145.—
B.
Seen from above downwards, deep, profound.
I.
Lit. (hence sometimes opp. summus): Acherusia templa alta Orci, salvete, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 2, 81; Cic. Tusc. 1, 21, 48:
quom ex alto puteo sursum ad summum escenderis,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 14:
altissimae radices,
Cic. Phil. 4, 5:
altae stirpes,
id. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:
altissima flumina,
Caes. B. C. 3, 77:
altior aqua,
id. ib. 1, 25:
alta theatri Fundamenta,
Verg. A. 1, 427:
gurgite in alto,
in the deep whirlpool, id. E. 6, 76:
altum vulnus,
id. A. 10, 857; Petr. 136; Sen. Troad. 48:
altum totā metitur cuspide pectus,
Sil. 4, 292; so id. 6, 580 al.:
unde altior esset Casus,
Juv. 10, 106.—With the abl. of measure:
faciemus (scrobes) tribus pedibus altas,
Pall. Jan. 10, 3.—
II.
Trop. (more freq. in and after the Aug. per.), deep, profound:
somno quibus est opus alto,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 8; so Liv. 7, 35:
sopor,
Verg. A. 8, 27:
quies,
id. ib. 6, 522:
silentium,
id. ib. 10, 63; Quint. 10, 3, 22:
altissima tranquillitas,
Plin. Ep. 2, 1:
altissima eruditio,
id. ib. 4, 30:
altiores artes,
Quint. 8, 3, 2.— Subst.: altum, i, n., the depth, i. e. what is deep or far removed:
ex alto dissimulare,
Ov. Am. 2, 4, 16:
non ex alto venire nequitiam, sed summo, quod aiunt, animo inhaerere,
Sen. Ira, 1, 16 med. al.—Hence, ex alto repetere, or petere, in discourse, to bring from far; as P. a., farfetched:
quae de nostris officiis scripserim, quoniam ex alto repetita sunt,
Cic. Fam. 3, 5:
quid causas petis ex alto?
Verg. A. 8, 395 (cf.:
alte repetere in the same sense,
Cic. Sest. 13; id. Rep. 4, 4, and v. al. infra).—
C.
Poet., in reference to a distant (past) time: cur vetera tam ex alto appetissis discidia, Agamemno? Att. ap. Non. 237, 22 (altum: vetus, antiquum, Non.); cf. Verg. G. 4, 285.—With the access. idea of venerable (cf. antiquus), ancient, old:
genus alto a sanguine Teucri,
Verg. A. 6, 500:
Thebanā de matre nothum Sarpedonis alti,
id. ib. 9, 697;
genus Clauso referebat ab alto,
Ov. F. 4, 305:
altā gente satus,
Val. Fl. 3, 202:
altis inclitum titulis genus,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 338.— Adv.: altē, and very rarely altum, high, deep (v. supra, altus, P. a. init.).
A.
High, on high, high up, from on high, from above (v. altus, P. a., A.).
I.
Lit.:
alte ex tuto prospectum aucupo,
Att. Trag. Rel. p. 188 Rib.:
colomen alte geminis aptum cornibus,
id. ib. p. 221:
alte jubatos angues,
Naev. ib. p. 9:
jubar erigere alte,
Lucr. 4, 404:
roseā sol alte lampade lucens,
id. 5, 610:
in vineā ficos subradito alte, ne eas vitis scandat,
Cato, R. R. 50:
cruentum alte extollens pugionem,
Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 28: non animadvertis cetarios escendere in malum alte, ut perspiciant pisces? Varr. ap. Non. 49, 15:
(aër) tollit se ac rectis ita faucibus eicit alte,
Lucr. 6, 689:
dextram Entellus alte extulit,
Verg. A. 5, 443:
alte suras vincire cothurno,
high up, id. ib. 1, 337:
puer alte cinctus,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 10, and Sen. Ep. 92:
unda alte subjectat arenam,
Verg. G. 3, 240:
Nihil tam alte natura constituit, quo virtus non possit eniti,
Curt. 7, 11, 10: alte maesti in terram cecidimus, from on high, Varr. ap. Non. 79, 16:
eo calcem cribro succretam indito alte digitos duo,
to the height of two fingers, Cato, R. R. 18, 7; so Col. R. R. 5, 6, 6.— Comp.:
quae sunt humiliora neque se tollere a terrā altius possunt,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:
tollam altius tectum,
id. Har. Resp. 15, 33:
altius praecincti,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 5:
pullus in arvis altius ingreditur,
Verg. G. 3, 75:
caput altius effert,
id. ib. 3, 553:
altius atque cadant imbres,
id. E. 6, 38 ubi v. Forb.:
altius aliquid tenere,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 5.— Sup.: [p. 96] cum altissime volāsset (aquila), Suet. Aug. 94.—
II.
Trop.:
alte natus,
Albin. 1, 379 (cf.: altus Aeneas, supra, P. a., A. II.):
alte enim cadere non potest,
Cic. Or. 28, 98:
video te alte spectare,
id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82; id. Rep. 6, 23, 25.— Comp.:
altius se efferre,
Cic. Rep. 6, 23, 25; 3, 3, 4:
altius irae surgunt ductori,
Verg. A. 10, 813:
altius aliquid agitare,
Cels. 1 prooem.:
attollitur vox altius,
Quint. 11, 3, 65:
verbis altius atque altius insurgentibus,
id. 8, 4, 27.— Sup.:
Ille dies virtutem Catonis altissime illuminavit,
Vell. 2, 35:
ingenium altissime adsurgit,
Plin. Ep. 8, 4.—
B.
Deep, deeply (v. altus, P. a. B.).
I.
Lit.:
ablaqueato ficus non alte,
Cato, R. R. 36:
ferrum haud alte in corpus descendere,
Liv. 1, 41:
alte vulnus adactum,
Verg. A. 10, 850; Ov. M. 6, 266; Curt. 4, 6, 18; Cels. 5, 26, 30:
timidum caput abdidit alte,
Verg. G. 3, 422:
alte consternunt terram frondes,
deeply strew, id. A. 4, 443:
ut petivit Suspirium alte!
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 58 (cf.:
ingentem gemitum dat pectore ab imo,
Verg. A. 1, 485):
inter cupam pertundito alte digitos primorīs tres,
Cato, R. R. 21, 2:
minimum alte pedem,
Col. de Arb. 30.— Comp.:
ne radices altius agant,
Col. 5, 6, 8:
terra altius effossa,
Quint. 10, 3, 2:
cum sulcus altius esset impressus,
Cic. Div. 2, 23, 50:
frigidus imber Altius ad vivum persedit, Verg G. 3, 441: tracti altius gemitus,
Sen. Ira, 3, 4, 2.— Sup.:
(latronibus gladium) altissime demergo,
App. M. 2, 32.—
II.
Trop., deeply, profoundly, far, from afar:
privatus ut altum Dormiret,
Juv. 1, 16:
alte terminus haerens,
Lucr. 1, 77:
longo et alte petito prooemio respondere,
Cic. Clu. 21, 58:
ratio alte petita,
Quint. 11, 1, 62:
alte et a capite repetis, quod quaerimus,
Cic. Leg. 1, 6, 18; id. Rep. 4, 4, 4; id. Sest. 13, 31.— Comp.:
qui altius perspiciebant,
had a deeper insight, Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 19:
quae principia sint, repetendum altius videtur,
must be sought out more deeply, id. Off. 1, 16:
altius repetitae causae,
Quint. 11, 1, 62:
de quo si paulo altius ordiri ac repetere memoriam religionis videbor,
Cic. Verr. 4, 105:
Hisce tibi in rebus latest alteque videndum,
Lucr. 6, 647:
altius supprimere iram,
Curt. 6, 7, 35:
altius aliquem percellere,
Tac. A. 4, 54:
altius metuere,
id. ib. 4, 41:
altius animis maerere,
id. ib. 2, 82:
cum verbum aliquod altius transfertur,
Cic. Or. 25, 82:
Altius omnem Expediam primā repetens ab origine famam,
Verg. G. 4, 285;
so,
Tac. H. 4, 12:
altius aliquid persequi,
Plin. 2, 23, 31, § 35:
hinc altius cura serpit,
id. 4, 11, 13, § 87.— Sup.:
qui vir et quantus esset, altissime inspexi,
Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 5.
2.
altus, ūs, m. [alo], a nourishing, support:
terrae altu,
Macr. S. 1, 20 fin.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > altus
7 lingua

lingua (ante-class. form dingua, like dagrima for lacrima, Mar. Victorin. p. 2457 and 2470 P.; cf. the letter D), ae, f. [Sanscr. jihvā; original Lat. form. dingua; A. -S. tunga; Germ. Zunge; Engl. tongue. Not from the root lih, lich, v. lingo], the tongue.
I.
Lit.:
fac proserpentem bestiam me duplicem ut habeam linguam (of a kiss in which the tongues touched each other),
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 105:
lingua haeret metu,
Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 7:
in ore sita lingua est, finita dentibus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149:
linguā haesitantes,
id. de Or. 1, 25, 115:
linguā properanti legere,
Ov. P. 3, 5, 9:
linguā titubante loqui,
id. Tr. 3, 1, 21:
quo facilius verba ore libero exprimeret, calculos lingua volvens dicere domi solebat (Demosthenes),
Quint. 11, 3, 54: linguam exserere, to thrust out the tongue, in token of derision or contempt, Liv. 7, 10: so,
lingua ejecta,
Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266:
lingua minor,
the epiglottis, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 175.—Comically, as mock term of endearment:
hujus voluptas, te opsecro, hujus mel, hujus cor, hujus labellum, hujus lingua,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 178; cf. v. 175.—In mal. part.: homo malae linguae, a fellow with a bad tongue, i. q. fellator, Mart. 3, 80, 2; Min. Fel. Oct. 28.—
II.
Transf.
A.
Since the tongue is an organ of speech, a tongue, utterance, speech, language:
largus opum, lingua melior,
Verg. A. 11, 338:
facilem benevolumque lingua tua jam tibi me reddidit,
Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 35:
non tu tibi istam praetruncari linguam largiloquam jubes?
Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 47:
Latium beare divite linguā,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120:
lingua quasi flabello seditionis contionem ventilare,
Cic. Fl. 23, 54:
linguam continere,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13:
tenere,
Ov. F. 2, 602:
moderari,
Sall. J. 84:
linguae solutio,
Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 114:
linguam solvere ad jurgia,
Ov. M. 3, 261:
quidam operarii linguā celeri et exercitatā,
Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 83:
ut vitemus linguas hominum,
id. Fam. 9, 2, 2:
Aetolorum linguas retundere,
to check their tongues, bring them to silence, Liv. 33, 3; cf.:
claudente noxarum conscientiā linguam,
Amm. 16, 12, 61:
si mihi lingua foret,
Ov. H. 21, 205:
ne vati noceat mala lingua futuro,
Verg. E. 7, 28: favete linguis, i. e. give attention, " be silent that you may hear," Hor. C. 3, 1, 2; Ov. F. 1, 71:
linguis animisque faventes,
Juv. 12, 83:
nam lingua mali pars pessima servi,
id. 9, 121:
mercedem imponere linguae,
i. e. to speak for pay, id. 7, 149:
usum linguae reciperare,
Amm. 17, 12, 10:
linguā debili esse,
to stammer, Gell. 1, 12, 2.—Comically: os habeat, linguam, perfidiam, tongue, i. e. readiness in speech, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33. —
2.
The tongue or language of a people:
lingua Latina, Graeca,
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:
Graeca et Latina lingua,
Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6:
(Massilia) tam procul a Graecorum regionibus, disciplinis linguāque divisa,
Cic. Fl. 26, 63:
quod quidem Latina lingua sic observat, ut, etc.,
id. Or. 44, 150:
Gallicae linguae scientiam habere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 47:
qui ipsorum lingua Celtae, nostra Galli, appellantur,
id. ib. 1, 1:
dissimili linguā,
Sall. C. 6, 2:
linguā utrāque,
i. e. Greek and Latin, Hor. S. 1, 10, 23; so, auctores utriusque linguae, Quint. prooem. 1;
1, 1, 14: Mithridates, cui duas et viginti linguas notas fuisse,
id. 11, 2, 50:
haud rudis Graecae linguae,
Curt. 5, 11, 4; 5, 4, 4; Nep. Milt. 3, 2:
Syrus in Tiberim Orontes et linguam et mores vexit,
Juv. 3, 63.—
b.
Dialect, idiom, mode of speech (post-Aug.): illis non verborum modo, sed. linguarum etiam se inter differentium copia est. Quint. 12, 10, 34:
Crassus quinque Graeci sermonis differentias sic tenuit, ut, qua quisque apud eum linguā postulasset, eadem jus sibi redditum ferret,
id. 11, 2, 50:
utar enim historicā linguā,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 13, 3:
si philosophorum linguā uti voluissem,
id. ib. 2, 2, 4.—
3.
Poet. of animals. the voice, note, song, bark, etc.:
linguae volucrum,
Verg. A. 3, 361; 10, 177:
linguam praecludere (canis),
Phaedr. 1, 22, 5.—
4.
An utterance, expression:
lingua secretior,
a dark saying, Quint. 1, 1, 35.—
B.
Of tongue-shaped things.
1.
A plant, also called lingulaca, Plin. 24, 19, 108, § 170.—
2.
Lingua bubula, a plant, oxtongue, bugloss, Cato, R. R. 40; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 112.—
3.
Lingua canina, Cels. 5, 27, 18 init.;
and lingua canis,
App. Herb. 96, the plant hound's-tongue, also called cynoglossos; q. v.—
4.
A tongue of land: id promontorium, Cujus lingua in altum proicit, Pac. ap. Gell. 4, 17 fin.:
lingua in altum mille passuum excurrens,
Liv. 37, 31, 9; Weissenb. ad Liv. 25, 15, 12:
eminet in altum lingua, in qua urbs sita est,
Liv. 44, 11:
tenuem producit in aequora linguam,
Luc. 2, 614; cf.: lingua dicitur promontorii genus non excellentis sed molliter in planum devexi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—
5.
A spoonful, as a measure, Plin. 26, 11, 73, § 119 (al. lingulis).—
6.
The tongue or reed of a flute, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 84.—
7.
The short arm of a lever:
vectis lingua sub onus subdita,
Vitr. 10, 8 (cf. ligula, VII.).

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > lingua
8 proveho

prō-vĕho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to carry or conduct forwards, to carry or convey along, to conduct, convey, transport, etc., to a place; and freq. pass. in mid. signif., to go, proceed, advance, move, drive, ride, sail, etc., to a place (freq. and class.).
I.
Lit.:
eam pol provexi: avehere non quivi,
I took her on board the ship, Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 24:
alvos apum mulis,
Plin. 21, 13, 43, § 74:
aër a tergo quasi provehat atque propellat,
Lucr. 6, 1026.—Mid.:
cum classe freto provehi,
Caes. B. C. 2, 3; id. B. G. 5, 8:
provehimur portu,
Verg. A. 3, 72:
huc se provecti deserto in litore condunt,
id. ib. 2, 24; Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 199:
provectus equo,
Liv. 23, 47:
a terrā provectae naves,
Caes. B. C. 3, 8:
naves provectae in altum,
id. B. G. 4, 28 fin. —
II.
Trop., to carry on, along, or forwards, to lead on; to promote, advance, exalt, raise:
ecquo te tua virtus provexisset?
promoted, exalted, Cic. Phil. 13, 11, 24:
ad summos honores alios scientia juris provexit,
Liv. 39, 40, 5; so,
quosdam infimi generis ad amplissimos honores,
Suet. Caes. 72; and:
aliquem in consulatūs, censuras et triumphos,
Vell. 2, 128; cf.:
studiosos amat, fovet, provehit,
Plin. Ep. 8, 12, 1:
vim temperatam di quoque provehunt In majus,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 66: haec spes provexit, ut ad conspecta procul pecora decurrerent, carried them so far, brought them to such a pitch, that, etc., Liv. 2, 50, 5; cf. absol.:
illo etiam (forsitan pravo) gaudio provehente, quod, etc.,
id. 40, 14:
quem e gregario milite Alexander virtutis causā provexerat,
Just. 13, 4, 10:
quos (reges) ad fastigium majestatis spectata moderatio provehebat,
id. 1, 1, 1:
quos provexerat, fortuna destitit,
Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 5:
in consulare provectus fuerat vestigium,
Vell. 2, 69, 1: vitam in altum, qs. to drive it into a sea, i. e. into disquietude, Lucr. 5, 1434.—
B.
Mid., to advance, proceed, go onwards, make progress, etc.:
ne videlicet ultra quam homini datum est nostra provehantur,
Quint. 6, prooem. §
10: sentio me esse longius provectum quam proposita ratio postularet,
have been carried farther, have gone farther, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74:
quod si qui longius in amicitiā provecti essent,
id. Lael. 10, 34: provectus longius quam voluit, id. Har. [p. 1480] Resp. 20, 43:
imbecillitas in altum provehitur,
id. Tusc. 4, 18, 42:
provehi in maledicta,
Liv. 35, 48:
per altercationem ad continuas et infestas orationes provecti sunt,
Tac. H. 4, 7.—
2.
Of speech, to draw out, protract, prolong:
orationem,
Cic. Dom. 12, 32:
quid ultra Provehor?
why do I say more? Verg. A. 3, 481.—Hence, prōvectus, a, um, P. a. of time, advanced:
eum colere coepi non admodum grandem natu, sed tamen jam aetate provectum,
Cic. Sen. 4, 10:
provectā aetate mortua est,
id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:
provecta nox erat,
Tac. A. 13, 20:
cum aetate jam provectus esset,
Nep. Timol. 4, 1:
senectute provectior,
Arn. 6, 195; Aus. Epigr. 19:
equis provectioribus tempora cavari incipiunt,
Pall. 4, 13, 9:
aetatis provectae,
Vulg. Gen. 18, 11.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > proveho
9 altitudo

altĭtūdo, dĭnis, f. [altus], height or depth (cf. alo, p. a. init.).
I.
Height, altitude (syn.: altum, cacumen, culmen, vertex, apex).
A.
Lit.:
altitudinem temperato,
Cato, R. R. 22, 23:
altitudo aedium,
Cic. Off. 3, 16:
montium,
id. Agr. 2, 19; Vulg. Isa. 37, 24:
in hac immensitate altitudinum,
Cic. N. D. 1, 20:
navis,
Caes. B. G. 4, 25:
muri,
Nep. Them. 6, 5:
moenium,
Tac. H. 3, 20; so absol.:
fore altitudines, quas cepissent hostes (sc. montium),
heights, Liv. 27, 18.—
B.
Trop., height, loftiness:
elatio atque altitudo orationis,
Cic. Brut. 17:
fortunae et gloriae,
id. Rab. Post. 16:
animi,
greatness of soul, nobleness of mind, id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; so Liv. 4, 6 fin.; Gell. 17, 2 et saep.—
II.
Depth (syn.: altum, profundum).
A.
Lit.:
spelunca infinitā altitudine,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48; so id. ib. 2, 5, 27; id. Div. 1, 43:
fluminis,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17:
maris,
id. ib. 4, 25:
terrae,
Vulg. Matt. 13, 5; ib. Marc. 4, 5:
plagae,
Cels. 7, 7, § 9.—
B.
Trop., depth, extent (eccl. Lat.):
O altitudo divitiarum sapientiae et scientiae Dei,
Vulg. Rom. 11, 33.—Spec., depth of soul, secrecy, reserve, Gr bathutês: exercenda est facilitas et altitudo animi, quae dicitur, i. e. a serenity or calmness that conceals the real feelings, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88.—In mal. part.:
ad simulanda negotia altitudo ingenii incredibilis,
Sall. J. 95, 3:
per illos dies egit altitudine animi,
Tac. A. 3, 44; id. H. 4, 86:
altitudines Satanae,
deep plots, Vulg. Apoc. 2, 24.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > altitudo
10 eveho

ē-vĕho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to carry out or forth, to convey out, lead forth (rare but class.).
I.
Lit.:
omnia (signa) ex fanis, ex locis publicis palam plaustris evecta exportataque esse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20:
aquas ex planis locis,
Liv. 1, 38 fin.; cf. Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 224:
stercus (with exportare),
Cato R. R. 5, 8:
merces (opp. inveho),
Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 6; Dig. 10, 4, 5 et saep.:
incaute se evehentes Masinissa excipiebat,
throwing themselves out, rushing out, Liv. 29, 34:
naves in altum,
id. 25, 27.—In an upward direction; palmaque nobilis Terrarum dominos evehit ad deos, raises aloft, elevates, * Hor. C. 1, 1, 6; cf.:
aliquem ad aethera,
Verg. A. 6, 130:
ad auras,
Ov. M. 14, 127:
in caelum,
Juv. 1, 38.—
b.
Reflex., to ride out or forth, to move out, move forth, proceed, advance, go, spread:
evectus effreno equo,
springing forwards, Liv. 4, 33: cf.
longius,
Tac. A. 12, 14:
de nocte,
Suet. Aug. 97 fin.:
evecti Aegeo mari Delum trajecerunt,
Liv. 44, 28 fin.; cf. id. 28, 30:
ad portum,
id. 37, 15 fin.:
in altum,
id. 21, 50:
ratibus ad regem,
Just. 2, 6 et saep.:
in ancoras evehi,
to run foul of the anchors, Liv. 22, 19.— With the acc. of the place:
evectus os amnis,
Curt. 9, 9 fin. —
B.
To carry up, to convey upwards:
ut in collem Esquiliarium eveheretur,
Liv. 1, 48.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To carry forth, take out, spread abroad:
ut semel e Piraeeo eloquentia evecta est, omnes peragravit insulas,
went forth, Cic. Brut. 13, 51; cf.:
fama ejus evecta insulas,
Tac. A. 12, 36:
spe vana evectus,
carried forwards, Liv. 42, 62; cf.
inconsultius,
id. 35, 31;
and, longius,
Quint. 9, 3, 87:
magicae vanitates in tantum evectae, ut, etc.,
Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 18:
evectus sum longius,
I have made too long a digression, Amm. 15, 12, 6.—
B.
In an upward direction, to raise or lift up, to elevate:
quem usque in tertium consulatum amicitia Principis evexerat,
Vell. 2, 90; cf.:
aliquos ad consulatus,
Tac. Or. 13; and:
imperium ad summum fastigium,
Curt. 4, 14, 20; cf.:
ad magnum culmen,
Amm. 16, 6.—In the part. perf., advanced, promoted:
consiliarii in summum evecti fastigium,
Vell. 2, 56, 3; cf. id. 2, 53, 3:
privatum supra modum evectae opes,
increased, Tac. A. 14, 52.— With dat.:
aliquem evehere summis honoribus,
Spart. Hadr. 15.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > eveho
11 excello

ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].
I.
Act., to raise up, elevate; only:
recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,
Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—
II.
Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).
A.
Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),
2.
In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:
ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:
ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:
inter omnes,
id. Or. 2, 6:
super ceteros,
Liv. 28, 43:
ante ceteros,
App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:
qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,
Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:
quae una ceteris excellebat,
id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:
ceteris,
Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:
bonā famā,
Lucr. 6, 13:
ingenio scientiāque,
Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:
animi magnitudine,
id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:
actione,
id. Brut. 59, 215:
hoc genere virtutis,
id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:
dignitate,
Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:
altitudine,
Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:
candore,
id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:
in arte,
Cic. Rep. 1, 13:
in aliqua arte et facultate,
id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:
in alia parte orationis,
id. Brut. 59, 215:
maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,
id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:
excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,
Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:
vitiis,
Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:
cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,
id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,
1.
excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.
A.
Lit., high, lofty (very rare;
not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,
Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,
B.
Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:
deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,
Cic. Div. 2, 63:
Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,
id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;
for which also: in omni genere,
id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:
cujus excellens in re militari gloria,
id. Rep. 2, 17:
Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,
id. Brut. 97, 333:
natura excellens atque praestans,
id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:
scientia excellens atque singularis,
id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:
vir excellenti providentia,
id. Rep. 2, 3;
for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,
id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):
studium,
Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:
pulchritudo muliebris formae,
Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:
ova excellentiora,
Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:
nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,
Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:
excellentissima virtus,
Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:
cultus,
Suet. Ner. 20:
triumphus,
id. Caes. 37:
aurum,
Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:
excellentissime,
Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—
2.
ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).
A.
Lit.:
mons,
Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:
locus,
Cic. Rep. 6, 11:
porticus,
id. Att. 4, 16, 14:
basis (statuae),
id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.
signum,
id. ib.:
statura,
Suet. Caes. 45:
aves (Ibes),
Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:
altitudo vineae,
Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:
in excelsiore loco,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31:
cornu (bovis),
Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:
crura chamaeleonis,
Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:
mons,
Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.
locus,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:
rupes,
Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:
aegilops,
id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—
b.
Subst.
1.
excelsum, i, n., a height:
simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:
Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,
Ov. H. 15, 165; so,
ab excelso,
id. F. 2, 369:
prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),
Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—
2.
Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:
te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
magnus homo et excelsus,
id. Mur. 29:
animus excelsus magnificusque,
id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:
excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,
id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:
te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,
Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:
(orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,
Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:
quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,
Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:
excelsissimae victoriae,
Vell. 2, 96 fin.:
duces,
id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.
(α).
, m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:
excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,
Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—
(β).
Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:
in excelso aetatem agere,
i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—
2.
Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.
1.
Lit.:
si vitis scandit excelsius,
Col. 4, 1, 5.—
2.
Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:
ornat excelse,
Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:
excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,
Cic. Or. 34, 119:
excelsissime floruit (Sparta),
exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > excello
12 excellonter

ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].
I.
Act., to raise up, elevate; only:
recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,
Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—
II.
Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).
A.
Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),
2.
In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:
ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:
ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:
inter omnes,
id. Or. 2, 6:
super ceteros,
Liv. 28, 43:
ante ceteros,
App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:
qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,
Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:
quae una ceteris excellebat,
id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:
ceteris,
Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:
bonā famā,
Lucr. 6, 13:
ingenio scientiāque,
Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:
animi magnitudine,
id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:
actione,
id. Brut. 59, 215:
hoc genere virtutis,
id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:
dignitate,
Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:
altitudine,
Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:
candore,
id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:
in arte,
Cic. Rep. 1, 13:
in aliqua arte et facultate,
id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:
in alia parte orationis,
id. Brut. 59, 215:
maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,
id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:
excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,
Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:
vitiis,
Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:
cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,
id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,
1.
excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.
A.
Lit., high, lofty (very rare;
not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,
Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,
B.
Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:
deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,
Cic. Div. 2, 63:
Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,
id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;
for which also: in omni genere,
id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:
cujus excellens in re militari gloria,
id. Rep. 2, 17:
Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,
id. Brut. 97, 333:
natura excellens atque praestans,
id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:
scientia excellens atque singularis,
id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:
vir excellenti providentia,
id. Rep. 2, 3;
for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,
id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):
studium,
Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:
pulchritudo muliebris formae,
Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:
ova excellentiora,
Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:
nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,
Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:
excellentissima virtus,
Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:
cultus,
Suet. Ner. 20:
triumphus,
id. Caes. 37:
aurum,
Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:
excellentissime,
Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—
2.
ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).
A.
Lit.:
mons,
Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:
locus,
Cic. Rep. 6, 11:
porticus,
id. Att. 4, 16, 14:
basis (statuae),
id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.
signum,
id. ib.:
statura,
Suet. Caes. 45:
aves (Ibes),
Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:
altitudo vineae,
Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:
in excelsiore loco,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31:
cornu (bovis),
Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:
crura chamaeleonis,
Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:
mons,
Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.
locus,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:
rupes,
Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:
aegilops,
id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—
b.
Subst.
1.
excelsum, i, n., a height:
simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:
Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,
Ov. H. 15, 165; so,
ab excelso,
id. F. 2, 369:
prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),
Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—
2.
Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:
te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
magnus homo et excelsus,
id. Mur. 29:
animus excelsus magnificusque,
id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:
excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,
id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:
te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,
Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:
(orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,
Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:
quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,
Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:
excelsissimae victoriae,
Vell. 2, 96 fin.:
duces,
id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.
(α).
, m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:
excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,
Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—
(β).
Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:
in excelso aetatem agere,
i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—
2.
Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.
1.
Lit.:
si vitis scandit excelsius,
Col. 4, 1, 5.—
2.
Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:
ornat excelse,
Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:
excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,
Cic. Or. 34, 119:
excelsissime floruit (Sparta),
exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > excellonter
13 excelsi

ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].
I.
Act., to raise up, elevate; only:
recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,
Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—
II.
Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).
A.
Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),
2.
In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:
ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:
ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:
inter omnes,
id. Or. 2, 6:
super ceteros,
Liv. 28, 43:
ante ceteros,
App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:
qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,
Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:
quae una ceteris excellebat,
id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:
ceteris,
Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:
bonā famā,
Lucr. 6, 13:
ingenio scientiāque,
Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:
animi magnitudine,
id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:
actione,
id. Brut. 59, 215:
hoc genere virtutis,
id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:
dignitate,
Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:
altitudine,
Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:
candore,
id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:
in arte,
Cic. Rep. 1, 13:
in aliqua arte et facultate,
id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:
in alia parte orationis,
id. Brut. 59, 215:
maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,
id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:
excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,
Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:
vitiis,
Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:
cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,
id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,
1.
excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.
A.
Lit., high, lofty (very rare;
not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,
Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,
B.
Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:
deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,
Cic. Div. 2, 63:
Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,
id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;
for which also: in omni genere,
id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:
cujus excellens in re militari gloria,
id. Rep. 2, 17:
Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,
id. Brut. 97, 333:
natura excellens atque praestans,
id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:
scientia excellens atque singularis,
id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:
vir excellenti providentia,
id. Rep. 2, 3;
for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,
id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):
studium,
Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:
pulchritudo muliebris formae,
Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:
ova excellentiora,
Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:
nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,
Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:
excellentissima virtus,
Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:
cultus,
Suet. Ner. 20:
triumphus,
id. Caes. 37:
aurum,
Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:
excellentissime,
Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—
2.
ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).
A.
Lit.:
mons,
Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:
locus,
Cic. Rep. 6, 11:
porticus,
id. Att. 4, 16, 14:
basis (statuae),
id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.
signum,
id. ib.:
statura,
Suet. Caes. 45:
aves (Ibes),
Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:
altitudo vineae,
Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:
in excelsiore loco,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31:
cornu (bovis),
Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:
crura chamaeleonis,
Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:
mons,
Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.
locus,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:
rupes,
Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:
aegilops,
id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—
b.
Subst.
1.
excelsum, i, n., a height:
simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:
Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,
Ov. H. 15, 165; so,
ab excelso,
id. F. 2, 369:
prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),
Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—
2.
Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:
te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
magnus homo et excelsus,
id. Mur. 29:
animus excelsus magnificusque,
id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:
excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,
id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:
te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,
Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:
(orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,
Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:
quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,
Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:
excelsissimae victoriae,
Vell. 2, 96 fin.:
duces,
id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.
(α).
, m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:
excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,
Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—
(β).
Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:
in excelso aetatem agere,
i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—
2.
Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.
1.
Lit.:
si vitis scandit excelsius,
Col. 4, 1, 5.—
2.
Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:
ornat excelse,
Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:
excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,
Cic. Or. 34, 119:
excelsissime floruit (Sparta),
exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > excelsi
14 excelsum

ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].
I.
Act., to raise up, elevate; only:
recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,
Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—
II.
Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).
A.
Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),
2.
In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:
ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:
ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:
inter omnes,
id. Or. 2, 6:
super ceteros,
Liv. 28, 43:
ante ceteros,
App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:
qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,
Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:
quae una ceteris excellebat,
id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:
ceteris,
Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:
bonā famā,
Lucr. 6, 13:
ingenio scientiāque,
Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:
animi magnitudine,
id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:
actione,
id. Brut. 59, 215:
hoc genere virtutis,
id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:
dignitate,
Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:
altitudine,
Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:
candore,
id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:
in arte,
Cic. Rep. 1, 13:
in aliqua arte et facultate,
id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:
in alia parte orationis,
id. Brut. 59, 215:
maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,
id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:
excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,
Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:
vitiis,
Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:
cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,
id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,
1.
excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.
A.
Lit., high, lofty (very rare;
not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,
Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,
B.
Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:
deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,
Cic. Div. 2, 63:
Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,
id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;
for which also: in omni genere,
id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:
cujus excellens in re militari gloria,
id. Rep. 2, 17:
Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,
id. Brut. 97, 333:
natura excellens atque praestans,
id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:
scientia excellens atque singularis,
id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:
vir excellenti providentia,
id. Rep. 2, 3;
for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,
id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):
studium,
Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:
pulchritudo muliebris formae,
Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:
ova excellentiora,
Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:
nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,
Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:
excellentissima virtus,
Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:
cultus,
Suet. Ner. 20:
triumphus,
id. Caes. 37:
aurum,
Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:
excellentissime,
Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—
2.
ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).
A.
Lit.:
mons,
Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:
locus,
Cic. Rep. 6, 11:
porticus,
id. Att. 4, 16, 14:
basis (statuae),
id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.
signum,
id. ib.:
statura,
Suet. Caes. 45:
aves (Ibes),
Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:
altitudo vineae,
Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:
in excelsiore loco,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31:
cornu (bovis),
Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:
crura chamaeleonis,
Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:
mons,
Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.
locus,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:
rupes,
Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:
aegilops,
id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—
b.
Subst.
1.
excelsum, i, n., a height:
simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:
Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,
Ov. H. 15, 165; so,
ab excelso,
id. F. 2, 369:
prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),
Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—
2.
Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:
te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
magnus homo et excelsus,
id. Mur. 29:
animus excelsus magnificusque,
id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:
excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,
id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:
te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,
Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:
(orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,
Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:
quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,
Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:
excelsissimae victoriae,
Vell. 2, 96 fin.:
duces,
id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.
(α).
, m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:
excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,
Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—
(β).
Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:
in excelso aetatem agere,
i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—
2.
Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.
1.
Lit.:
si vitis scandit excelsius,
Col. 4, 1, 5.—
2.
Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:
ornat excelse,
Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:
excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,
Cic. Or. 34, 119:
excelsissime floruit (Sparta),
exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > excelsum
15 Excelsus

ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].
I.
Act., to raise up, elevate; only:
recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,
Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—
II.
Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).
A.
Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),
2.
In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:
ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:
ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:
inter omnes,
id. Or. 2, 6:
super ceteros,
Liv. 28, 43:
ante ceteros,
App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:
qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,
Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:
quae una ceteris excellebat,
id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:
ceteris,
Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:
bonā famā,
Lucr. 6, 13:
ingenio scientiāque,
Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:
animi magnitudine,
id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:
actione,
id. Brut. 59, 215:
hoc genere virtutis,
id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:
dignitate,
Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:
altitudine,
Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:
candore,
id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:
in arte,
Cic. Rep. 1, 13:
in aliqua arte et facultate,
id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:
in alia parte orationis,
id. Brut. 59, 215:
maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,
id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:
excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,
Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:
vitiis,
Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:
cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,
id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,
1.
excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.
A.
Lit., high, lofty (very rare;
not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,
Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,
B.
Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:
deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,
Cic. Div. 2, 63:
Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,
id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;
for which also: in omni genere,
id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:
cujus excellens in re militari gloria,
id. Rep. 2, 17:
Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,
id. Brut. 97, 333:
natura excellens atque praestans,
id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:
scientia excellens atque singularis,
id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:
vir excellenti providentia,
id. Rep. 2, 3;
for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,
id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):
studium,
Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:
pulchritudo muliebris formae,
Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:
ova excellentiora,
Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:
nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,
Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:
excellentissima virtus,
Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:
cultus,
Suet. Ner. 20:
triumphus,
id. Caes. 37:
aurum,
Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:
excellentissime,
Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—
2.
ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).
A.
Lit.:
mons,
Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:
locus,
Cic. Rep. 6, 11:
porticus,
id. Att. 4, 16, 14:
basis (statuae),
id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.
signum,
id. ib.:
statura,
Suet. Caes. 45:
aves (Ibes),
Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:
altitudo vineae,
Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:
in excelsiore loco,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31:
cornu (bovis),
Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:
crura chamaeleonis,
Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:
mons,
Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.
locus,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:
rupes,
Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:
aegilops,
id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—
b.
Subst.
1.
excelsum, i, n., a height:
simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:
Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,
Ov. H. 15, 165; so,
ab excelso,
id. F. 2, 369:
prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),
Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—
2.
Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:
te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
magnus homo et excelsus,
id. Mur. 29:
animus excelsus magnificusque,
id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:
excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,
id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:
te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,
Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:
(orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,
Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:
quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,
Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:
excelsissimae victoriae,
Vell. 2, 96 fin.:
duces,
id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.
(α).
, m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:
excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,
Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—
(β).
Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:
in excelso aetatem agere,
i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—
2.
Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.
1.
Lit.:
si vitis scandit excelsius,
Col. 4, 1, 5.—
2.
Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:
ornat excelse,
Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:
excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,
Cic. Or. 34, 119:
excelsissime floruit (Sparta),
exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Excelsus
16 sapio

săpĭo, īvi or ĭi (sapui, Aug. Civ. Dei, 1, 10; id. Ep. 102, 10; but sapivi, Nov. ap. Prisc. p. 879 P.; id. ap. Non. 508, 21:
saPisti,
Mart. 9, 6, 7:
sapisset,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 8), 3, v. n. and a. [kindr. with opos, saphês, and sophos], to taste, savor; to taste, smack, or savor of, to have a taste or flavor of a thing (cf. gusto).
I.
Lit. (so only in a few examples).
1.
Of things eaten or drunk:
oleum male sapiet,
Cato, R. R. 66, 1:
occisam saepe sapere plus multo suem,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 104:
quin caseus jucundissime sapiat,
Col. 7, 8, 2:
nil rhombus nil dama sapit,
Juv. 11, 121.—With an acc. of that of or like which a thing tastes:
quis (piscis) saperet ipsum mare,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 18, 2:
cum in Hispaniā multa mella herbam eam sapiunt,
Plin. 11, 8, 8, § 18:
ipsum aprum (ursina),
Petr. 66, 6.— Poet.: anas plebeium sapit, has a vulgar taste, Petr. poët. 93, 2:
quaesivit quidnam saperet simius,
Phaedr. 3, 4, 3.—
* 2.
Of that which tastes, to have a taste or a sense of taste (perh. so used for the sake of the play upon signif. II.):
nec sequitur, ut, cui cor sapiat, ei non sapiat palatus,
Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24.—
3.
Transf., of smell, to smell of or like a thing (syn.: oleo, redoleo; very rare): Cicero, Meliora, inquit, unguenta sunt, quae terram quam crocum sapiunt. Hoc enim maluit dixisse quam redolent. Ita est profecto;
illa erit optima, quae unguenta sapiat,
Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 38:
invenitur unguenta gratiosiora esse, quae terram, quam quae crocum sapiunt,
id. 13, 3, 4, § 21.—In a lusus verbb. with signif. II.: istic servus quid sapit? Ch. Hircum ab alis, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 47.—
II.
Trop.
1.
To taste or smell of, savor of, i. e.,
a.
To resemble (late Lat.):
patruos,
Pers. 1, 11.—
b.
To suggest, be inspired by:
quia non sapis ea quae Dei sunt,
Vulg. Matt. 16, 23; id. Marc. 8, 33.—
c.
Altum or alta sapere, to be high-minded or proud:
noli altum sapere,
Vulg. Rom. 11, 20:
non alta sapientes,
id. ib. 12, 16.—
2.
To have good taste, i.e. to have sense or discernment; to be sensible, discreet, prudent, wise, etc. (the predominant signif. in prose and poetry; most freq. in the P. a.).
(α).
Neutr., Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 14:
si aequum siet Me plus sapere quam vos, dederim vobis consilium catum, etc.,
id. Ep. 2, 2, 73 sq.:
jam diu edepol sapientiam tuam abusa est haec quidem. Nunc hinc sapit, hinc sentit,
id. Poen. 5, 4, 30; cf.:
populus est moderatior, quoad sentit et sapit tuerique vult per se constitutam rem publicam,
Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65;
so (with sentire),
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 292; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 19; id. Merc. 2, 2, 24; id. Trin. 3, 2, 10 sq.; cf.:
qui sapere et fari possit quae sentiat,
Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 9; Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 14:
magna est admiratio copiose sapienterque dicentis, quem qui audiunt intellegere etiam et sapere plus quam ceteros arbitrantur,
Cic. Off. 2, 14, 48:
veluti mater Plus quam se sapere Vult (filium),
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 27:
qui (puer) cum primum sapere coepit,
Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 1; Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1:
malo, si sapis, cavebis,
if you are prudent, wise, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 17; so,
si sapis,
id. Eun. 1, 1, 31; id. Men. 1, 2, 13; id. Am. 1, 1, 155; id. Aul. 2, 9, 5; id. Curc. 1, 1, 28 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 53; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 138:
si sapias,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 39; 4, 4, 61; id. Poen. 1, 2, 138; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 33; Ov. H. 5, 99; 20, 174:
si sapies,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 78; id. Rud. 5, 3, 35; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 26; Ov. M. 14, 675:
si sapiam,
Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 38; id. Rud. 1, 2, 8:
si sapiet,
id. Bacch. 4, 9, 74:
si saperet,
Cic. Quint. 4, 16: hi sapient, * Caes. B. G. 5, 30: Ph. Ibo. Pl. Sapis, you show your good sense, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 9; id. Merc. 5, 2, 40:
hic homo sapienter sapit,
id. Poen. 3, 2, 26:
quae (meretrix) sapit in vino ad rem suam,
id. Truc. 4, 4, 1; cf. id. Pers. 1, 3, 28:
ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46:
haud stulte sapis,
id. Heaut. 2, 3, 82:
te aliis consilium dare, Foris sapere,
id. ib. 5, 1, 50:
pectus quoi sapit,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 12; id. Mil. 3, 1, 191; id. Trin. 1, 2, 53; cf.:
cui cor sapiat,
Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24:
id (sc. animus mensque) sibi solum per se sapit, id sibi gaudet,
Lucr. 3, 145.—
(β).
Act., to know, understand a thing (in good prose usually only with general objects):
recte ego rem meam sapio,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 81:
nullam rem,
id. Most. 5, 1, 45: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Cic. Att. 14, 5, 1; Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 65; cf.:
quamquam quis, qui aliquid sapiat, nunc esse beatus potest?
Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 1:
quantum ego sapio,
Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1:
jam nihil sapit nec sentit,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 22:
nihil,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 19, 45:
plane nihil,
id. Div. in Caecil. 17, 55: nihil parvum, i. e. to occupy one ' s mind with nothing trivial (with sublimia cures), Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 15; cf.: cum sapimus patruos, i.e. resemble them, imitate them in severity, Pers. 1, 11. —
3.
Prov.: sero sapiunt Phryges, are wise behind the time; or, as the Engl. saying is, are troubled with afterwit:
sero sapiunt Phryges proverbium est natum a Trojanis, qui decimo denique anno velle coeperant Helenam quaeque cum eā erant rapta reddere Achivis,
Fest. p. 343 Müll.:
in Equo Trojano (a tragedy of Livius Andronicus or of Naevius) scis esse in extremo, Sero sapiunt. Tu tamen, mi vetule, non sero,
Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1.—Hence, să-pĭens, entis ( abl. sing. sapiente, Ov. M. 10, 622; gen. plur. sapientum, Lucr. 2, 8; Hor. S. 2, 3, 296;
but sapientium,
id. C. 3, 21, 14), P. a. (acc. to II.), wise, knowing, sensible, well-advised, discreet, judicious (cf. prudens).
A.
In gen.:
ut quisque maxime perspicit, quid in re quāque verissimum sit, quique acutissime et celerrime potest et videre et explicare rationem, is prudentissimus et sapientissimus rite haberi solet,
Cic. Off. 1, 5, 16; cf.:
sapientissimum esse dicunt eum, cui quod opus sit ipsi veniat in mentem: proxume acceder illum, qui alterius bene inventis obtemperet,
id. Clu. 31, 84:
M. Bucculeius, homo neque meo judicio stultus et suo valde sapiens,
id. de Or. 1, 39, 179:
rex aequus ac sapiens,
id. Rep. 1, 26, 42; cf.:
Cyrus justissimus sapientissimusque rex,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43:
bonus et sapiens et peritus utilitatis civilis,
id. ib. 2, 29, 52:
o, Neptune lepide, salve, Neque te aleator ullus est sapientior,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 29:
quae tibi mulier videtur multo sapientissima?
id. Stich. 1, 2, 66:
(Aurora) ibat ad hunc (Cephalum) sapiens a sene diva viro,
wise, discreet, Ov. H. 4, 96 Ruhnk.; so,
puella,
id. M. 10, 622:
mus pusillus quam sit sapiens bestia,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 15; id. As. 3, 3, 114 et saep.—With gen. (analogous to gnarus, peritus, etc.):
qui sapiens rerum esse humanarum velit,
Gell. 13, 8, 2.— Subst.: săpĭens, entis, m., a sensible, shrewd, knowing, discreet, or judicious person:
semper cavere hoc sapientes aequissimumst,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 20; cf.:
omnes sapientes suom officium aequom est colere et facere,
id. Stich. 1, 1, 38; id. Trin. 2, 2, 84:
dictum sapienti sat est,
id. Pers. 4, 7, 19; Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 8; Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 15 sq.:
insani sapiens nomen ferat, aequus iniqui,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 15:
sapiens causas reddet,
id. S. 1, 4, 115:
quali victu sapiens utetur,
id. ib. 2, 2, 63; 1, 3, 132.—In a lusus verbb. with the signif. of sapio, I., a person of nice taste:
qui utuntur vino vetere sapientes puto Et qui libenter veteres spectant fabulas,
good judges, connoisseurs, Plaut. Cas. prol. 5: fecundae [p. 1630] leporis sapiens sectabitur armos, Hor. S. 2, 4, 44.—As a surname of the jurists Atilius, C. Fabricius, M'. Curius, Ti. Coruncanius, Cato al., v. under B. fin. —
b.
Of abstract things:
opera,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 5, 2:
excusatio,
Cic. Att. 8, 12, 2:
modica et sapiens temperatio,
id. Leg. 3, 7, 17:
mores,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 25:
verba,
Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 7:
consilium,
Ov. M. 13, 433:
Ulixes, vir sapienti facundiā praeditus,
Gell. 1, 15, 3:
morus, quae novissima urbanarum germinat, nec nisi exacto frigore, ob id dicta sapientissima arborum,
Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 102.—
B.
After the predominance of Grecian civilization and literature, particularly of the Grecian philosophy, like sophos, well acquainted with the true value of things, wise; and subst., a wise man, a sage (in Cic. saepiss.): ergo hic, quisquis est, qui moderatione et constantiā quietus animo est sibique ipse placatus ut nec tabescat molestiis nec frangatur timore nec sitienter quid expetens ardeat desiderio nec alacritate futili gestiens deliquescat;
is est sapiens quem quaerimus, is est beatus,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 37:
sapientium praecepta,
id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:
si quod raro fit, id portentum putandum est: sapientem esse portentum est. Saepius enim mulam peperisse arbitror, quam sapientem fuisse,
id. Div. 2, 28, 61:
statuere quid sit sapiens, vel maxime videtur esse sapientis,
id. Ac. 2, 3, 9; cf. id. Rep. 1, 29, 45.—So esp. of the seven wise men of Greece:
ut ad Graecos referam orationem... septem fuisse dicuntur uno tempore, qui sapientes et haberentur et vocarentur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 34, 137:
eos vero septem quos Graeci sapientes nominaverunt,
id. Rep. 1, 7, 12:
sapienti assentiri... se sapientem profiteri,
id. Fin. 2,3, 7.—Ironically:
sapientum octavus,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 296.—With the Romans, an appellation of Lœlius: te, Laeli, sapientem et appellant et existimant. Tribuebatur hoc modo M. Catoni: scimus L. Atilium apud patres nostros appellatum esse sapientem, sed uterque alio quodam modo: Atilius, qui prudens esse in jure civili putabatur;
Cato quia multarum rerum usum habebat... propterea quasi cognomen jam habebat in senectute sapientis... Athenis unum accepimus et eum quidem etiam Apollinis oraculo sapientissimum judicatum,
Cic. Lael. 2, 6; cf.:
numquam ego dicam C. Fabricium, M'. Curium, Ti. Coruncanium, quos sapientes nostri majores judicabant, ad istorum normam fuisse sapientes,
id. ib. 5, 18:
ii, qui sapientes sunt habiti, M. Cato et C. Laelius,
id. Off. 3, 4, 16; Val. Max. 4, 1, ext. 7; Lact. 4, 1.—Hence, adv.: săpĭen-ter, sensibly, discreetly, prudently, judiciously, wisely:
recte et sapienter facere,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; id. Mil. 3, 3, 34:
consulere,
id. ib. 3, 1, 90:
insipienter factum sapienter ferre,
id. Truc. 4, 3, 33:
factum,
id. Aul. 3, 5, 3:
dicta,
id. Rud. 4, 7, 24:
quam sapienter jam reges hoc nostri viderint,
Cic. Rep. 2, 17, 31:
provisa,
id. ib. 4, 3, 3:
a majoribus prodita fama,
id. ib. 2, 2, 4:
considerate etiam sapienterque fecerunt,
id. Phil. 4, 2, 6; 13, 6, 13:
vives sapienter,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 44:
agendum,
Ov. M. 13, 377:
temporibus uti,
Nep. Epam. 3, 1; Hor. C. 4, 9, 48.— Comp.:
facis sapientius Quam pars latronum, etc.,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 3, 15; id. Poen. prol. 7:
nemo est, qui tibi sapientius suadere possit te ipso,
Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 1:
sapientius fecisse,
id. Brut. 42, 155.— Sup.:
quod majores nostros et probavisse maxime et retinuisse sapientissime judico,
Cic. Rep. 2, 37, 63.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sapio
17 secerno

sē-cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3 (old inf. secernier, Lucr. 3, 263), v. a.
I.
Lit., to put apart, to sunder, sever, separate (freq. and class.; not in Cæs.; cf.: sepono, sejungo, secludo); constr. with simple acc., or with ab aliquā re; less freq. ex aliquā re; poet. with abl.
(α).
With simple acc.:
quae non animalia solum Corpora sejungunt, sed terras ac mare totum Secernunt,
Lucr. 2, 729:
seorsum partem utramque,
id. 3, 637:
arietes, quibus sis usurus ad feturam, bimestri tempore ante secernendum,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 13 (cf. infra, b):
stamen secernit harundo,
Ov. M. 6, 55:
sparsos sine ordine flores Secernunt calathis,
separate in baskets, id. ib. 14, 267:
nihil (praedae) in publicum secernendo augenti rem privatam militi favit,
setting apart for the public treasury, Liv. 7, 16; cf.:
Juppiter illa piae secrevit litora genti,
hath set apart for the pious race, Hor. Epod. 16, 63:
inde pares centum denos secrevit in orbes Romulus,
separated, divided, Ov. F. 3, 127.—
(β).
With ab or (less freq.) with ex, and poet. with abl.:
a terris altum secernere caelum,
Lucr. 5, 446:
ab aëre caelum,
Ov. M. 1, 23:
Europen ab Afro (medius liquor),
Hor. C. 3, 3, 47:
muro denique secernantur a nobis,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32:
inermes ab armatis,
Liv. 41, 3:
militem a populo (in spectaculis),
Suet. Aug. 44:
se a bonis,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32; cf.:
se ab Etruscis,
Liv. 6, 10.—In the part. perf.:
antequam incipiat admissura fieri, mares a feminis secretos habeant,
Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 18 (cf. supra, a); so,
saepta ab aliis,
id. ib. 2, 2, 8:
manus a nobis,
Lucr. 2, 912; 3, 552:
sphaera ab aethereā conjunctione,
Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 55:
sucus a reliquo cibo,
id. ib. 2, 55, 137:
bilis ab eo cibo,
id. ib. al.:
secreti ab aliis ad tribunos adducuntur,
Liv. 6, 25; 25, 30:
secretis alterius ab altero criminibus,
id. 40, 8 fin.; 39, 10:
se e grege imperatorum,
id. 35, 14 fin.:
unum e praetextatis compluribus,
Suet. Aug. 94 med.:
monile ex omni gazā,
id. Galb. 18:
me gelidum nemus Nympharumque leves chori Secernunt populo,
separate, distinguish, Hor. C. 1, 1, 32.—
II.
Trop., to separate, disjoin, part, dissociate (syn.: internosco, distinguo).
(α).
With simple acc.:
hosce ego homines excipio et secerno libenter,
set apart, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15.—
(β).
With ab, or poet. with abl.: ut venustas et pulchritudo corporis secerni non potest a valetudine;
sic, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 95:
animum a corpore,
id. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:
tertium genus (laudationum) a praeceptis nostris,
id. de Or. 2, 84, 341; cf.:
ipsam pronuntiationem ab oratore,
Quint. 1, 11, 17: dicendi facultatem a majore vitae laude, id. 2, 15, 2:
sua a publicis consiliis,
Liv. 4, 57:
haec a probris ac sceleribus ejus,
Suet. Ner. 19 et saep.:
cur me a ceteris clarissimis viris in hoc officio secernas,
Cic. Sull. 1, 3:
publica privatis, sacra profanis,
Hor. A. P. 397.—
B.
To distinguish, discern:
blandum amicum a vero,
Cic. Lael. 25, 95:
non satis acute, quae sunt secernenda, distinguit,
id. Top. 7, 31:
nec natura potest justo secernere iniquum, Dividit ut bona diversis, fugienda petendis,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 113:
turpi honestum,
id. ib. 1, 6, 63.—
C.
To set aside, reject:
cum reus frugalissimum quemque secerneret,
Cic. Att. 1, 16, 3:
minus idoneos senatores,
Suet. Vit. 2.—Hence, sēcrē-tus, a, um, P. a., severed, separated; hence, separate, apart (as an adj. not freq. till after the Aug. period; not in Cic.; syn.: sejunctus, seclusus).
A.
In gen.:
ne ducem suum, neve secretum imperium propriave signa haberent, miscuit manipulos, etc.,
Liv. 1, 52:
electa (uva defertur) in secretam corbulam,
Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2:
arva,
Verg. A. 6, 478; Varr. L. L. 9, § 57 Müll.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of places or things pertaining to them, out of the way, retired, remote, lonely, solitary, secret (syn.:
solus, remotus, arcanus): secreta petit loca, balnea vitat,
Hor. A. P. 298:
locus (opp. celeber),
Quint. 11, 1, 47:
montes,
Ov. M. 11, 765:
silva,
id. ib. 7, 75:
litora,
id. ib. 12, 196:
pars domus (the gynaeceum),
id. ib. 2, 737; cf. in sup.:
secretissimus locus (navis),
Petr. 100, 6: vastum ubique silentium, secreti colles, solitary, i. e. abandoned, deserted by the enemy, = deserti, Tac. Agr. 38:
iter (with semita),
solitary, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 103; cf.
quies,
Mart. 7, 32, 4.—Of persons and transactions, private, secret:
invadit secretissimos tumultus,
Sen. Ep. 91, 5:
vacuis porticibus secretus agitat,
Tac. A. 11, 21:
est aliquis ex secretis studiis fructus,
private studies, Quint. 2, 18, 4; so,
studia (opp. forum),
id. 12, 6, 4:
disputationes,
id. 12, 2, 7:
contentio,
Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 4 et saep. —Hence,
b.
Subst.: sēcrētum, i, n., retirement, solitude, secrecy; a solitude, solitary place, retreat (syn.: solitudo, secessus); sing.:
cum stilus secreto gaudeat atque omnes arbitros reformidet,
Quint. 10, 7, 16:
secreti longi causā,
Ov. H. 21, 21:
altum abditumque secretum, Phn. Ep. 2, 17, 22: dulce,
id. ib. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 10, 3, 30; 12, 5, 2; Tac. A. 4, 57; 14, 53; id. Agr. 39 fin.; Phaedr. 3, 10, 11; 4, 23, 6; Luc. 3, 314.— Plur.:
se a vulgo et scaenā in secreta removere,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 71:
horrendaeque procul secreta Sibyllae,
Verg. A. 6, 10; Ov. M. 1, 594; Tac. H. 3, 63; Quint. 1, 2, 18:
dulcis secretorum comes (eloquentia),
id. 1, 4, 5:
cameli solitudines aut secreta certe petunt,
Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 173.— Comp.:
haec pars Suevorum in secretiora Germaniae porrigitur,
into the more remote parts, Tac. G. 41. —
(β).
Absol.: in secreto, in a secret place, secretly:
tempus in secreto lbi tereret,
Liv. 26, 19, 5:
reus in secreto agebatur,
Curt. 10, 4, 29.—
2.
That is removed from acquaintance (cf. abditus), hidden, concealed, secret:
secreta ducis pectora,
Mart. 5, 5, 4:
secretas advocat artes,
Ov. M. 7, 138:
ars,
Petr. 3:
litterae (with familiares),
Quint. 1, 1, 29:
carmina (the Sibylline odes),
Luc. 1, 599:
libidines,
Tac. A. 1, 4 fin.:
quaedam imperii pignora,
Flor. 1, 2, 3.—With ab:
nec quicquam secretum alter ab altero haberent,
Liv. 39, 10, 1.— Comp.:
libertus ex secretioribus ministeriis,
Tac. Agr. 40:
praemia (opp. publica largitio),
id. H. 1, 24:
aliud (nomen),
Quint. 1, 4, 25:
vitium stomachi,
Mart. 3, 77, 9.— Poet. for the adv. secreto:
tu (Anna) secreta pyram tecto interiore Erige,
in secret, secretly, Verg. A. 4, 494; cf.:
stridere secreta divisos aure susurros,
secretly in each one's ear, Hor. S. 2, 8, 78.—Hence,
b.
Subst.: sēcrētum, i, n., something secret, secret conversation; a mystery, secret:
secretum petenti non nisi adhibito filio dedit,
Suet. Tib. 25 fin.; id. Calig. 23:
illuc me persecutus secretum petit,
a secret interview, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 11:
petito secreto futura aperit,
Tac. H. 2, 4.— Piur.:
crebra cum amicis secreta habere,
Tac. A. 13, 18:
animi secreta proferuntur,
Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141:
nulla lex jubet amicorum secreta non eloqui,
Sen. Ben. 5, 21, 1:
omnium secreta rimari,
Tac. A. 6, 3:
horribile secretum,
Petr. 21, 3; Tac. H. 1, 17 fin.; id. Agr. 25; Suet. Aug. 66:
uxor omnis secreti capacissima,
Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 7; Quint. 12, 9, 5 al.—Concr.:
lucos ac nemora consecrant deorumque nominibus appellant secretum illud, quod solā reverentiā vident,
that mysterious being, Tac. G. 9 fin.—Plur.:
introitus, aperta, secreta velut in annales referebat,
Tac. A. 4, 67; cf.:
gens non astuta aperit adhuc secreta pectoris licentia joci,
id. G. 22:
oratio animi secreta detegit,
Quint. 11, 1, 30; Tac. A. 1, 6; 4, 7 fin.; 6, 3; id. G. 19; Plin. Pan. 68, 6; Suet. Tib. 52; id. Oth. 3 et saep.—Concr.:
(Minerva) hanc legem dederat, sua ne secreta viderent,
i. e. the mysteries, Ov. M. 2, 556; 2, 749; cf.:
secretiora quaedam,
magic arts, Amm. 14, 6, 14:
in secretis ejus reperti sunt duo libelli,
among his private papers, Suet. Calig. 49.—
3.
Pregn., separate from what is common, i. e. uncommon, rare, recondite (perh. only in the two foll. passages of Quint.):
(figurae) secretae et extra vulgarem usum positae, etc.,
Quint. 9, 3, 5: interpretatio linguae secretioris, quas Graeci glôssas vocant, i. e. of the more uncommon words, id. 1, 1, 35 (for which:
glossemata id est voces minus usitatas,
id. 1, 8, 15).—
4.
In Lucr., of any thing separated from what belongs to it, i. e. wanting, deprived of, without something; with abl. or gen.:
nec porro secreta cibo natura animantum Propagare genus possit (corresp. to sine imbribus),
Lucr. 1, 194:
(corpora) secreta teporis Sunt ac frigoris omnino calidique vaporis (corresp. to spoliata colore),
id. 2, 843. —Hence, adv., in three forms: secreto (class.), secrete (post-class.), and secretim (late Lat. and very rare).
* 1.
(Acc. to A.) Apart, by itself, separately:
de quibus (hortis) suo loco dicam secretius,
Col. 11, 2, 25. —
2.
(Acc. to B. 2.) In secret, secretly; without witnesses; in private.
(α).
sēcrē-tō:
mirum, quid solus secum secreto ille agat,
Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 73:
secreto illum adjutabo,
id. Truc. 2, 7, 7:
secreto hoc audi,
Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 2:
nescio quid secreto velle loqui te Aiebas mecum,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 67:
secreto te huc seduxi,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 14:
facere,
id. Bacch. 5, 2, 30; 5, 2, 35; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 100; id. Att. 7, 8, 4; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4:
secreto ab aliis,
Liv. 3, 36:
secreto agere cum aliquo,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 1; Quint. 5, 13, 16; 9, 2, 79; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 8; Curt. 7, 2, 13.—
(β).
sēcrētē, Tert. Or. 1 med.; id. Pall. 4 fin. —
b.
Comp.:
secretius emittitur inflatio,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 4, 1. —
(γ).
sēcrētim, Amm. 29, 1, 6.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > secerno
18 secretum

sē-cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3 (old inf. secernier, Lucr. 3, 263), v. a.
I.
Lit., to put apart, to sunder, sever, separate (freq. and class.; not in Cæs.; cf.: sepono, sejungo, secludo); constr. with simple acc., or with ab aliquā re; less freq. ex aliquā re; poet. with abl.
(α).
With simple acc.:
quae non animalia solum Corpora sejungunt, sed terras ac mare totum Secernunt,
Lucr. 2, 729:
seorsum partem utramque,
id. 3, 637:
arietes, quibus sis usurus ad feturam, bimestri tempore ante secernendum,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 13 (cf. infra, b):
stamen secernit harundo,
Ov. M. 6, 55:
sparsos sine ordine flores Secernunt calathis,
separate in baskets, id. ib. 14, 267:
nihil (praedae) in publicum secernendo augenti rem privatam militi favit,
setting apart for the public treasury, Liv. 7, 16; cf.:
Juppiter illa piae secrevit litora genti,
hath set apart for the pious race, Hor. Epod. 16, 63:
inde pares centum denos secrevit in orbes Romulus,
separated, divided, Ov. F. 3, 127.—
(β).
With ab or (less freq.) with ex, and poet. with abl.:
a terris altum secernere caelum,
Lucr. 5, 446:
ab aëre caelum,
Ov. M. 1, 23:
Europen ab Afro (medius liquor),
Hor. C. 3, 3, 47:
muro denique secernantur a nobis,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32:
inermes ab armatis,
Liv. 41, 3:
militem a populo (in spectaculis),
Suet. Aug. 44:
se a bonis,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32; cf.:
se ab Etruscis,
Liv. 6, 10.—In the part. perf.:
antequam incipiat admissura fieri, mares a feminis secretos habeant,
Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 18 (cf. supra, a); so,
saepta ab aliis,
id. ib. 2, 2, 8:
manus a nobis,
Lucr. 2, 912; 3, 552:
sphaera ab aethereā conjunctione,
Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 55:
sucus a reliquo cibo,
id. ib. 2, 55, 137:
bilis ab eo cibo,
id. ib. al.:
secreti ab aliis ad tribunos adducuntur,
Liv. 6, 25; 25, 30:
secretis alterius ab altero criminibus,
id. 40, 8 fin.; 39, 10:
se e grege imperatorum,
id. 35, 14 fin.:
unum e praetextatis compluribus,
Suet. Aug. 94 med.:
monile ex omni gazā,
id. Galb. 18:
me gelidum nemus Nympharumque leves chori Secernunt populo,
separate, distinguish, Hor. C. 1, 1, 32.—
II.
Trop., to separate, disjoin, part, dissociate (syn.: internosco, distinguo).
(α).
With simple acc.:
hosce ego homines excipio et secerno libenter,
set apart, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15.—
(β).
With ab, or poet. with abl.: ut venustas et pulchritudo corporis secerni non potest a valetudine;
sic, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 95:
animum a corpore,
id. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:
tertium genus (laudationum) a praeceptis nostris,
id. de Or. 2, 84, 341; cf.:
ipsam pronuntiationem ab oratore,
Quint. 1, 11, 17: dicendi facultatem a majore vitae laude, id. 2, 15, 2:
sua a publicis consiliis,
Liv. 4, 57:
haec a probris ac sceleribus ejus,
Suet. Ner. 19 et saep.:
cur me a ceteris clarissimis viris in hoc officio secernas,
Cic. Sull. 1, 3:
publica privatis, sacra profanis,
Hor. A. P. 397.—
B.
To distinguish, discern:
blandum amicum a vero,
Cic. Lael. 25, 95:
non satis acute, quae sunt secernenda, distinguit,
id. Top. 7, 31:
nec natura potest justo secernere iniquum, Dividit ut bona diversis, fugienda petendis,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 113:
turpi honestum,
id. ib. 1, 6, 63.—
C.
To set aside, reject:
cum reus frugalissimum quemque secerneret,
Cic. Att. 1, 16, 3:
minus idoneos senatores,
Suet. Vit. 2.—Hence, sēcrē-tus, a, um, P. a., severed, separated; hence, separate, apart (as an adj. not freq. till after the Aug. period; not in Cic.; syn.: sejunctus, seclusus).
A.
In gen.:
ne ducem suum, neve secretum imperium propriave signa haberent, miscuit manipulos, etc.,
Liv. 1, 52:
electa (uva defertur) in secretam corbulam,
Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2:
arva,
Verg. A. 6, 478; Varr. L. L. 9, § 57 Müll.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of places or things pertaining to them, out of the way, retired, remote, lonely, solitary, secret (syn.:
solus, remotus, arcanus): secreta petit loca, balnea vitat,
Hor. A. P. 298:
locus (opp. celeber),
Quint. 11, 1, 47:
montes,
Ov. M. 11, 765:
silva,
id. ib. 7, 75:
litora,
id. ib. 12, 196:
pars domus (the gynaeceum),
id. ib. 2, 737; cf. in sup.:
secretissimus locus (navis),
Petr. 100, 6: vastum ubique silentium, secreti colles, solitary, i. e. abandoned, deserted by the enemy, = deserti, Tac. Agr. 38:
iter (with semita),
solitary, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 103; cf.
quies,
Mart. 7, 32, 4.—Of persons and transactions, private, secret:
invadit secretissimos tumultus,
Sen. Ep. 91, 5:
vacuis porticibus secretus agitat,
Tac. A. 11, 21:
est aliquis ex secretis studiis fructus,
private studies, Quint. 2, 18, 4; so,
studia (opp. forum),
id. 12, 6, 4:
disputationes,
id. 12, 2, 7:
contentio,
Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 4 et saep. —Hence,
b.
Subst.: sēcrētum, i, n., retirement, solitude, secrecy; a solitude, solitary place, retreat (syn.: solitudo, secessus); sing.:
cum stilus secreto gaudeat atque omnes arbitros reformidet,
Quint. 10, 7, 16:
secreti longi causā,
Ov. H. 21, 21:
altum abditumque secretum, Phn. Ep. 2, 17, 22: dulce,
id. ib. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 10, 3, 30; 12, 5, 2; Tac. A. 4, 57; 14, 53; id. Agr. 39 fin.; Phaedr. 3, 10, 11; 4, 23, 6; Luc. 3, 314.— Plur.:
se a vulgo et scaenā in secreta removere,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 71:
horrendaeque procul secreta Sibyllae,
Verg. A. 6, 10; Ov. M. 1, 594; Tac. H. 3, 63; Quint. 1, 2, 18:
dulcis secretorum comes (eloquentia),
id. 1, 4, 5:
cameli solitudines aut secreta certe petunt,
Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 173.— Comp.:
haec pars Suevorum in secretiora Germaniae porrigitur,
into the more remote parts, Tac. G. 41. —
(β).
Absol.: in secreto, in a secret place, secretly:
tempus in secreto lbi tereret,
Liv. 26, 19, 5:
reus in secreto agebatur,
Curt. 10, 4, 29.—
2.
That is removed from acquaintance (cf. abditus), hidden, concealed, secret:
secreta ducis pectora,
Mart. 5, 5, 4:
secretas advocat artes,
Ov. M. 7, 138:
ars,
Petr. 3:
litterae (with familiares),
Quint. 1, 1, 29:
carmina (the Sibylline odes),
Luc. 1, 599:
libidines,
Tac. A. 1, 4 fin.:
quaedam imperii pignora,
Flor. 1, 2, 3.—With ab:
nec quicquam secretum alter ab altero haberent,
Liv. 39, 10, 1.— Comp.:
libertus ex secretioribus ministeriis,
Tac. Agr. 40:
praemia (opp. publica largitio),
id. H. 1, 24:
aliud (nomen),
Quint. 1, 4, 25:
vitium stomachi,
Mart. 3, 77, 9.— Poet. for the adv. secreto:
tu (Anna) secreta pyram tecto interiore Erige,
in secret, secretly, Verg. A. 4, 494; cf.:
stridere secreta divisos aure susurros,
secretly in each one's ear, Hor. S. 2, 8, 78.—Hence,
b.
Subst.: sēcrētum, i, n., something secret, secret conversation; a mystery, secret:
secretum petenti non nisi adhibito filio dedit,
Suet. Tib. 25 fin.; id. Calig. 23:
illuc me persecutus secretum petit,
a secret interview, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 11:
petito secreto futura aperit,
Tac. H. 2, 4.— Piur.:
crebra cum amicis secreta habere,
Tac. A. 13, 18:
animi secreta proferuntur,
Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141:
nulla lex jubet amicorum secreta non eloqui,
Sen. Ben. 5, 21, 1:
omnium secreta rimari,
Tac. A. 6, 3:
horribile secretum,
Petr. 21, 3; Tac. H. 1, 17 fin.; id. Agr. 25; Suet. Aug. 66:
uxor omnis secreti capacissima,
Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 7; Quint. 12, 9, 5 al.—Concr.:
lucos ac nemora consecrant deorumque nominibus appellant secretum illud, quod solā reverentiā vident,
that mysterious being, Tac. G. 9 fin.—Plur.:
introitus, aperta, secreta velut in annales referebat,
Tac. A. 4, 67; cf.:
gens non astuta aperit adhuc secreta pectoris licentia joci,
id. G. 22:
oratio animi secreta detegit,
Quint. 11, 1, 30; Tac. A. 1, 6; 4, 7 fin.; 6, 3; id. G. 19; Plin. Pan. 68, 6; Suet. Tib. 52; id. Oth. 3 et saep.—Concr.:
(Minerva) hanc legem dederat, sua ne secreta viderent,
i. e. the mysteries, Ov. M. 2, 556; 2, 749; cf.:
secretiora quaedam,
magic arts, Amm. 14, 6, 14:
in secretis ejus reperti sunt duo libelli,
among his private papers, Suet. Calig. 49.—
3.
Pregn., separate from what is common, i. e. uncommon, rare, recondite (perh. only in the two foll. passages of Quint.):
(figurae) secretae et extra vulgarem usum positae, etc.,
Quint. 9, 3, 5: interpretatio linguae secretioris, quas Graeci glôssas vocant, i. e. of the more uncommon words, id. 1, 1, 35 (for which:
glossemata id est voces minus usitatas,
id. 1, 8, 15).—
4.
In Lucr., of any thing separated from what belongs to it, i. e. wanting, deprived of, without something; with abl. or gen.:
nec porro secreta cibo natura animantum Propagare genus possit (corresp. to sine imbribus),
Lucr. 1, 194:
(corpora) secreta teporis Sunt ac frigoris omnino calidique vaporis (corresp. to spoliata colore),
id. 2, 843. —Hence, adv., in three forms: secreto (class.), secrete (post-class.), and secretim (late Lat. and very rare).
* 1.
(Acc. to A.) Apart, by itself, separately:
de quibus (hortis) suo loco dicam secretius,
Col. 11, 2, 25. —
2.
(Acc. to B. 2.) In secret, secretly; without witnesses; in private.
(α).
sēcrē-tō:
mirum, quid solus secum secreto ille agat,
Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 73:
secreto illum adjutabo,
id. Truc. 2, 7, 7:
secreto hoc audi,
Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 2:
nescio quid secreto velle loqui te Aiebas mecum,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 67:
secreto te huc seduxi,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 14:
facere,
id. Bacch. 5, 2, 30; 5, 2, 35; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 100; id. Att. 7, 8, 4; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4:
secreto ab aliis,
Liv. 3, 36:
secreto agere cum aliquo,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 1; Quint. 5, 13, 16; 9, 2, 79; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 8; Curt. 7, 2, 13.—
(β).
sēcrētē, Tert. Or. 1 med.; id. Pall. 4 fin. —
b.
Comp.:
secretius emittitur inflatio,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 4, 1. —
(γ).
sēcrētim, Amm. 29, 1, 6.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > secretum
19 sublimo

sublīmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to lift up on high, to raise, elevate (ante- and postclass.).
I.
Lit.: facem (sol), Enn. ap. Non. 170, 11 (Trag. v. 319 Vahl.):
se nubium tenus,
App. Flor. p. 340, 38; cf.
mid.: sublimata in altum,
id. M. 3, p. 138, 34; Vitr. 6, 6, 4; Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 10.—
II.
Trop.:
sublimavit dixit (Cato), id est in altum extulit, Originum, l. II.: in maximum decus atque in excelsissimam claritudinem sublimavit,
Fest. p. 306 Müll.:
aliquem,
Macr. S. 1, 24 med.:
Pallas praetoriis ornamentis sublimatus,
Aur. Vict. Epit. 4 med.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sublimo
20 ab-eō

ab-eō iī, itūrus, īre (abin' for abisne, T.), to go from, go away, go off, go forth, go, depart: ab urbe: ex eorum agris: ex conspectu, out of sight, Cs.: mater abit templo, O.: abire fugā, to flee, V.: in angulum aliquo, T.: unde abii, V.: exsulatum Tusculum abiit, L.: si periturus abis, to your death, V.: sublimis abiit, ascended, L.: telo extracto praeceps in volnus abiit, collapsed, L.: quo tantum mihi dexter abis? whither so far to the right? V.: nemo non donatus abibit, without a gift, V.: abeas parvis aequus alumnis, show yourself favorable as you go, H.: quae dederat abeuntibus, V.: sub iugum abire, L.: abi, nuntia Romanis, etc., L.; of things: cornus sub altum pectus abit, penetrates deeply, V.: sol... abeunte curru, as his chariot departs, H. — In partic., to pass away, disappear, vanish, cease, die: a vitā: illuc quo priores abierunt, Ph.; of time, to pass away, elapse, expire: abiit illud tempus: tota abit hora, H.; of other things: abeunt pallorque situsque, pass away, O.: inopia praeceps abierat, S.: in aera sucus corporis, O.— Of change, to pass over, be transferred: abeunt illuc omnia, unde orta sunt, return: in avi mores atque instituta, i. e. restore, L.; hence, to be changed, be transformed, be metamorphosed (poet.): in villos abeunt vestes, in crura lacerti, O.: comae in silvas abeunt, O. — Fig., to depart from, leave off, turn aside: ut ab iure non abeat: ne longius abeam, wander from the point: ad istas ineptias, have recourse to: illuc, unde abii, redeo, set out, H. —To retire from an office: cum magistratu abisset: abiens magistratu, L.—Of a consequence or result, to turn out, come off (of persons): ab iudicio turpissime victus: neutra acies laeta ex eo certamine abiit, L.: impune, Ph.: ne in ora hominum pro ludibrio abiret, i. e. lest he should be made ridiculous, L.: ne inrito incepto abiretur, L. —To turn out, end, terminate (of things): mirabar hoc si sic abiret, T.—To get off, escape: quem ad modum illinc abieris, vel potius paene non abieris, scimus, how you came off thence, or rather came near not getting off.—In auctions, not to be knocked down (to one): ne res abiret ab Apronio, i. e. that he may purchase.—To be postponed: in diem, T.— The imper. abi is often a simple exclamation or address, friendly or reproachful: abi, virum te iudico, go to, I pronounce you a man, T.: Non es avarus: abi; quid, etc., well, H.: abi, nescis inescare homines, begone, T.; in imprecations: abin hinc in malam rem? (i. e. abisne?), will you go and be hanged? T.: in malam pestem.

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