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habitātor, ōris, m. (habito), der Bewohner, a) der Bewohner eines Hauses u. dgl., der Hausbewohner, bes. der Mieter, tumultu habitatorum territus, Liv. 21, 62, 3: inesse aliquem non solum habitatorem in hac caelesti ac divina domo, sed etiam rectorem et moderatorem, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 90: multae fabricae ipsae devoratae sunt cum habitatoribus, Treb. Poll. Gallien. 5, 3: sensit Alexander, testa cum vidit in illa magnum habitatorem (Diogenem), Iuven. 14, 311 sq.: grando incussa tectis sine ullo habitatoris incommodo crepitat ac solvitur, Sen. ep. 45, 9: nec iam clarissimorum virorum receptacula habitatore servo teruntur, die Landgüter ber. M. werden nicht mehr von Sklaven (als Besitzer) bewohnt, Plin. pan. 50, 3: tuam (domum) in Carinis mundi habitatores Lamiae (nette Mieter aus der lamischen Familie) conduxerunt, Cic. ad Q. fr. 2, 3, 7. – b) der Bewohner eines Landes u. dgl., der Einwohner, civitas habitatoribus vacua, Amm. 24, 2, 3: Balearium insularum habitatores, Veget. mil. 1, 16: feri sunt illic habitatores pagorum omnium atque pugnaces, Amm. 23, 6, 44: ortis maioribus iurgiis inter habitatores (oppidi) et vetitos, Amm. 31, 5, 5: in hac Taurica insula Leuce sine habitatoribus ullis Achilli est dedicata, Amm. 22, 8, 35: sunt e terra homines non ut incolae (Insassen) et habitatores, sed quasi etc., Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 140:

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physici habitatores eius (lunae) lunares populos nuncupaverunt, Macr. somn. Scip. 1, 11, 7.

inter-seco, secuī, sectum, āre, auseinander schneiden, I) eig.: lateres, durchsägen, Vitr. 2, 8, 9: aquarum ductus, abschneiden, Amm. 21, 12, 17: telas, Stat. silv. 3, 5, 9 Queck (Bährens imperfectas telas). – II) übtr., v. Örtl., der Lage nach durchschneiden, schneiden, zodiacum, Macr. sat. 1, 12, 1: Tiberis intersecans urbem aeternam od. media moenia, Amm. 25, 10, 5 u. 29, 6, 17: Ganges Indorum intersecans terras, Amm. 23, 6, 13: paludem mediam velut finali libramento, Amm. 15, 4, 4: huius alveo Ibera tellus atque Ligyes asperi intersecantur, Avien. or. mar. 608 sqq. – ⇒ Cornif. rhet. 3, 24 jetzt nach den besten Hdschrn. insecare.

intervāllo, (āvī), ātum, āre (intervallum), in Zwischenräumen eintreten lassen, bes. Partiz. intervāllātus, in Zwischenräumen eingetreten, et licet potuit (so groß auch sein Einfluß war), quoad vixit, ingentia largiendo et intervallando potestates assiduas, durch die hohen Summen, die er verschenkte, und durch die hohen Ämter, die er immer eins nach dem andern erhielt, Amm. 27, 11, 2: intervallatae febres, Wechselfieber, Amm.: haec biduo medio intervallata febris, das zwei Tage aussetzt, Gell.: intervallato brevi tempore, nach Verlauf einer kurzen Zeit, Amm.: ähnlich intervallatis moris, Amm.: intervallatis diebus, Cael. Aur.

1. Iūliānus, a, um (Iulius), zu Julius Cäsar gehörig, julianisch, vectigalia, Anton. bei Cic. Phil. 13, 31. – subst., Iūliānī, die Soldaten der cäsarischen Partei, die Julianer, Suet. Caes. 75, 2.

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2. Iūliānus, ī, m., röm. Eigenname, unter dem bekannt: a) M. Salvius Iulianus, Sohn des berühmten Rechtsgelehrten Salvius Julianus, Lampr. Commod. 4, 8. – b) M. Didius Salvius Iulianus, röm. Kaiser 193 n. Chr., Amm. 26, 6, 14. Eutr. 8, 17. Spart. Did. Iulian. 1 sqq. – c) Anicius Iulianus, Großvater des nachmaligen Kaisers Julianus Apostata, gest. 362 n. Chr., Amm. 23, 1, 4. – d) Flavius Claudius Iulianus, mit dem Beinamen Apostata, 360 n. Chr. zum Augustus u. 361 n. Chr. zum Kaiser ausgerufen, vom Christentum abtrünnig, Amm. 15, 2, 7 sqq.; 15, 8, 1 sqq. Amm. lib. 16-25. Eutr. 10, 8. Vgl. W. Teuffel De Iuliano imper. Christ. religionis contemptore et osore. Tubing. 1844.

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3. Iūliānus, a, um, von einem gewissen Julianus, pultes, Apic. 5, 186.

lūctificus, a, um (luctus u. facio), Trauer od. Unheil bringend, unglücksschwanger, verderblich, clades, Cic. Poët. Tusc. 2, 25: Alecto, Verg. Aen. 7, 324: Titan, Lucan. 7, 2: pavor, Sil. 6, 557: iubar, Val. Flacc. 3, 292; clangores, Stat. Theb. 10, 552: pars exigua semper luctifica et cruenta, ein kleiner Gebietsteil, der stets Ursache vielen Verdrusses u. Blutvergießens war, Amm. 17, 5, 7: luct. calor, Amm. 29, 3, 9: luctificos fore eventus, Amm. 25, 10, 1: caedes edidere luctificas, Amm. 28, 2, 12. – Acc. neutr. adv., luctificum clangente tubā, Val. Flacc. 3, 349.

membrum, ī, n., I) ein Glied des (fleischigen) Körpers, gew. Plur. membra, die Glieder als Körperteile (artus die Fugen der membra, die Gliedmaßen, articuli die Gelenke), Ter., Cic. u.a.: laceri artus, truncata membra, Plin. pan.: captus (gelähmt) omnibus membris, Liv.: non senectute sed fame membris trementibus, Sen.: membra trahere, Liv.: membra movere ad certos modos, v. pantom. Tanz, Tibull. – insbes. = das männliche Glied, der Penis, Priap. 68, 25 (vollst. membrum virile, Porphyr. Hor. sat. 1, 9, 69): u. so Plur. membra, Ov. am. 3, 7, 65. – u. Plur. membra = das weibliche Glied, Apul. met. 5, 6 u. 10, 31. – II) übtr., ein Glied = ein Teil, 1) im allg.: α) v. Lebl.: membra quassa carinae, Ov.: membra fracta ratis, Ov.: quassatae membra ratis, Ov.: vineae, Pallad.: membra oppidi, urbis, Amm.: omnia civitatis, Amm. – v. Abstr., omnes eius (philosophiae) partes atque omnia membra, Cic. de nat. deor. 1, 9: per omnia philosophiae membra prudenter disputando currere, Amm. 16, 5, 6: eadem sunt membra in utraque disputatione, Cic. de or. 3, 119. β) v. Pers.: convictus membra mei, Ov. trist. 4, 10, 48: fidae dulcia membra domus, Ov. trist. 1, 3, 64 (versch. von unten no. 2, b): membra et partes alienae potentiae (= Genossen u. Teilnehmer), Sen. ep. 21, 6: poet., fluctuantia membra Libyae, v. punischen Soldaten,

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Sil. 2, 310. – 2) insbes.: a) ein Glied des Staates (Ggstz. corpus, die Gesamtmasse, der Verband), per multa membra civitas dissipata in unum tandem corpus redigitur, Iustin. 5, 10, 10: membra partesque imperii, Suet. Aug. 48: rei publicae totius membra, Amm. 18, 5, 1: Achaei scilicet per civitates veluti per membra divisi sunt, unum tamen corpus et unum imperium habent, Iustin. 34, 1, 2: corpore sic toto ac membris Roma omnibus usa, Sil. 12, 318: cur ut decisa atque avulsa a corpore membra despiciar? Sil. 1, 670. – b) ein Glied = ein Gemach, ein Zimmer eines Hauses, dormitorium membrum, Schlafgemach, Plin. ep. 2, 17, 9; domus membra, Lucr. 6, 804. Apul. met. 3, 28 u. 7, 1: modus membrorum numerusque, Colum. 6, 1, 1: cubicula et eiusmodi membra, Cic. ad Q. fr. 3, 1, 1. § 2. – c) = κῶλον, ein Glied der Rede, ein Satzglied (s. Cic. or. 223), orationis, Cornif. rhet.: membra minutiora, Cic.

minae, ārum, f. (mit *mineo verwandt), I) die hervorragenden Spitzen an den Mauern, die Zinnen, murorum, Verg. Aen. 4, 88. Amm. 24, 2, 12: moenium, Amm. 24, 2, 19: celsarum turrium minae, Amm. 24, 2, 19; 29, 6, 11: bl. minae, Amm. 20, 6, 2. – II) übtr., Drohungen (Ggstz. blanditiae), minarum verba plena, Hor.: m. subj. Genet., tantae fortunae minae, Liv.: m. obj. Genet., minae vinculorum et mortis, mit usw., Liv. – totum concitum corpus et magnas irae minas agens, der ganze K. in Aufregung u. heftige D. des Z. ausdrückend, Sen.: insequi alqm clamore et minis, Cic.: intendere alci probra ac minas, Tac.: minas iactare, Cic.: minis uti, Cic. – von den Drohungen der Viehtreiber, Ov. – poet. übtr., von Tieren, Verg. u. Ov.: u. v. lebl. Subjj., wie von Wind, Wellen, Kälte usw., Prop., Tibull. u. Ov. – insbes., Unglück drohende Vorbedeutungen, Val. Flacc. 5, 342.

Moesī, ōrum, m., eine Völkerschaft im heutigen Serbien und Bulgarien, Plin. 3, 149. Tac. ann. 15, 6. – Dav.: a) Moesia (Maesia), ae, f., die Landschaft Mösien, Plin. 3, 149. Tac. ann. 1, 80. Suet. Tib. 41. Amm. 17, 13, 20. Corp. inscr. Lat. 9, 1572: eingeteilt in M. superior (j. Serbien), Eutr. 9, 17. Amm. 16, 10, 20, u. M. inferior; dah. Plur. Moesiae, Suet. Vit. 15, 1. Amm. 17, 12, 1 (wo Moesiarum altera = Moesia inferior). – b) Moesicus, a, um, mösisch, gentes, Plin. 4, 3: copiae, Tac. hist. 2, 32. – c) Moesiacus, a, um, mösisch, exercitus, Suet. Vesp. 6, 2: numeri, Amm. 20, 1, 23.

propinquo, āvī, ātum, āre (propinquus), I) intr. sich nähern, nahen, herannahen, A) eig.: α) von leb. Wesen, fuge, nate, propinquant, Verg.: acies legionum propinquabat, Tac.: ubi propinquare hostes patefactum est, Aur. Vict.: iam castra vident animisque (im G.) propinquant, Stat.: pr. armis, Stat.: casu, Amm. – m. Dat., fluvio, scopulo, Verg.: portis, Verg.: Alpibus, Tac.: caelo, Tac.: iam regionibus Ctesiphontis, Amm. – m. Acc., amnem Arsaniam, Sall. hist. fr. 4, 62 (20): campos, Tac. ann. 12, 13. – β) v. Lebl.: ignis domui alcis propinquat, Tac. ann. 15, 39: turris praetoriae portae propinquans, Tac. hist. 4, 30. – B) übtr.: a) der Zeit nach nahen, herannahen, Parcarum dies et vis inimica propinquat, Verg. Aen. 12, 150: et triste propinquat supplicium, Stat. Theb. 5, 493: inediae propinquantis aerumnas exitiales horrebant, Amm. 14, 2, 19. – b) der Beziehung nach nahe kommen, mortale immortali propinquare non potest, Lact. 2, 8, 68. – c) verwandtschaftlich nahe stehen, amici aut propinquantes vel affines, Amm. 30, 4, 9. – II) tr. beschleunigen, rasch herbeiführen, rite augurium, zum nahen (u. glücklichen) Ausgange führen, Verg. Aen. 10, 254: mortem, Sil. 2, 281.

redivīvus, a, um (redi = re u. vivus), I) eig., v. Pers., wieder lebendig geworden, wieder aus dem Grabe erstanden, senex, Sen. exc. contr. 3, 4: Christus, Prud. cath. 3, 204. – II) übtr., v. Lebl.: wieder aufgefrischt, a) als t. t. der Baukunst, v. alten Baumaterialien, die von neuem benutzt werden, schon gebraucht, schon einmal verwendet (Ggstz. novus, vgl. griech. παλιναίρετος), lapis, Cic. II. Verr. 1, 147: rudus, Vitr. 7, 1, 3: assulae, Catull. 17, 4. – subst., redivīvum, i, n. u. redivīva, ōrum, n., schon Gebrauchtes, schon gebrauchte Baumaterialien, Cic. II. Verr. 1, 147 u. 148. – b) übh. wieder aufgefrischt, erneuert, laus Petri, Coripp. laud. Iustin. 1, 25: barbarorum excursus (Plur.), Amm. 20, 9, 7: bellorum materiae, Amm. 21, 3, 2: bella, Amm. 28, 1, 1: nebulae debitorum, wieder auftauchende, Amm. 26, 6, 17.

1. sub-sero, ere, nachsäen, nachpflanzen, dazupflanzen, Colum. u. ICt.

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2. sub-sero (seruī), sertum, ere, darunterstecken, - tun, Apul. met. 7, 28: luna non numquam ferienti se subicit lanci, Amm. 20, 3, 8. – übtr., per arcanos susurros nutrimenta fictis criminibus, neue Nahrung geben, Amm. 14, 11, 3: super hoc Eutherio pauca, noch einiges weiter erwähnen, Amm. 16, 7, 4: u. so m. folg. Acc. u. Infin. = zu verstehen geben, Amm. 16, 2, 4.

supercilium, iī, n., die Augenbraue, Plur. (u. oft Sing. kollektiv) die Augenbrauen, I) eig. u. meton.: A) eig.: α) Sing.: hirsutum supercilium promissaque barba, Verg.: supercilii subducti carptores, Laev. fr.: quod candidum splenium in hoc aut in illud supercilium transferebat, Plin. ep.: altero ad frontem sublato, altero ad mentum depresso supercilio, Cic.: altero erecto, altero composito supercilio, Quint.: fere id in capillo fit, rarius in barba, aliquando etiam in supercilio, Cels.: quo supercilio spicit? Plaut.: deme supercilio nubem, Hor.: supercilium salit, als günstiges Omen, Plaut. Pseud. 107. – β) Plur.: superciliorum aut remissio aut contractio, Cic.: grandia supercilia, Varro fr.: hirsuta supercilia, Non.: supercilia constricta, dissidentia, Quint.: supercilia subducta, Turpil. com. u. Varro fr.: capite et superciliis semper esse rasis, Cic.: caput et supercilia illa penitus abrasa malitiam olere videntur, Cic.: ira contractis superciliis, tristitia deductis, hilaritas remissis ostenditur, Quint.: primum superiora, superciliis obducta, sudorem a capite et a fronte defluentem repellunt, die oben liegenden Teile, die mit Bramen umgeben sind, Cic.: nares oculique et palpebrae et supercilia aliquave ex his pervertuntur, Cels.: quem dicere nolo nomine, ne tollat rubra supercilia, daß er nicht die vor Zorn roten A. erhebe = daß er nicht zornig werde, Catull.: su-

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percilia attrahere od. subducere, wir »die Stirn falten, eine ernste Miene annehmen«, Sen. – B) meton.: a) finstere Augenbrauen = das finstere Wesen, der finstere, strenge Ernst, der finstere Stolz, supercilii severi matrona, Ov.: triste supercilium durique severa Catonis frons, Mart.: censorium supercilium, Sen. rhet. u. Val. Max.: maritale superc., Val. Max.: gravissimum patris superc., Val. Max.: grande sup., wichtige Miene, Iuven.: lateant libidines illae tenebricosae, quas fronte et supercilio, non pudore et temperantiā contegebat, Cic.: quid ego de supercilio dicam, quod tum hominibus non supercilium (finsterer Stolz), sed pignus rei publicae videbatur? Cic.: numquam principibus defuerunt, qui fronte tristi et gravi supercilio utilitati fisci contumaciter adessent, Plin. pan.: terrarum dominûm pone supercilium, Mart. – b) Hochmut, Stolz, Vornehmtuerei, affinium grave supercilium, lästiger H., Val. Max.: hunc Capuae Campano supercilio ac regio spiritu (Übermut) cum videremus, Cic.: ut plerique sunt, qui beneficia asperitate verborum et supercilio in odium adducunt, Sen.: pone profecto supercilium, quo nunc mihi deditionem imperas, Vopisc.: ad ardua imperii supercilia etiam acerbitatem naturae adiungi, daß zum übermütigen Bewußtsein der Regentengewalt noch grausame Gemütsart hinzukomme, Amm.: divitiis demere supercilium, dem R. seinen Hochmut benehmen, Sen. – c)

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der Wink, Hor. carm. 3, 1, 8. Claud. ep. ad Ser. 2, 58. Arnob. 4, 21 in. – II) übtr.: a) ( wie ὀφρύς) der Vorsprung, die Anhöhe, Höhe, Spitze, supercilium clivosi tramitis, Verg.: tumuli, Liv.: supercilium quoddam excelsum nacti, Auct. b. Afr.: infimo stans supercilio, am Fuße der Anhöhe, Liv. – u. der Rand, das Gestade, das Ufer eines Flusses supercilium amnis, Apul.: supercilia Nili, fluminis Rheni, Amm., riparum fluminalium, Amm. – das Gestade, die Küste des Meeres, supercilia eius sinistra, Amm. 22, 8. § 8. – u. poet. – der Gipfel des Scheiterhaufens, molle superc., Stat. Theb. 6, 63. – b) als t.t. der Baukunst: α) der Vorsprung der Säule usw., der überragende Rand, der Überschlag, Vitr. 3, 5, 3 (3, 3, 8). – β) die Oberschwelle der Türen, crassitudo supercilii, Vitr. 4, 6, 2: itinerum supercilia, die Überwölbungen der Gänge, Vitr. 4, 6, 5 (4, 7, 2).

torvus, a, um (zu griech. τάρβος, Schrecken, Scheu, ταρβέω, ich erschrecke), durchbohrend, scharf, wild, finster, graus, I) eig., zunächst von Augen u. Blick, dann auch übh. v. Ansehen u.v. Charakter, a) gew. im üblen Sinne: oculi, Ov. u. Quint. (u. so subst., aspicit hunc torvis, sc. oculis, Ov. met. 6, 34): vultus, Hor.: facies torva, Verg., torvissima, Arnob. 6, 10: forma minantis, Ov.: nec sedeo torva, Ov.: aspectus equi, Plin.: senex, v. Charon, Prop. – draco, Cic. poët.: aper, Prop.: angues, Verg.: bos, leaena, Verg.: Medusa, Ov.: cometes torvo visu, Plin.: proelia, Catull.: vox torvior, Apul.: tuba rudore torvior, Apul.: von Flüssen (vielleicht weil ihnen Hörner beigelegt wurden), Ister, Val. Flacc. – Acc. neutr. torvum u. torva poet. st. des Adv., torvum clamare, Verg.: variis vocibus sonare torvum, Amm.: torvum canentibus classicis, Amm.: torvum renidens, Amm.: torvum et furiale renidens, Sil.: torvum lacrimans, Stat.: semper obliquum intuens et torvum, Amm.: torva tueri, Verg. – b) (poet.) im guten Sinne, finster = ernst, männlich, Maro, Stat.: voluptas, Claud. – II) übtr., v. Weine, torva fiunt vina, rauh, herb, Plin. 17, 212. – ⇒ Nomin. arch. torvos, Verg. Aen. 10, 170 R.

trānstigrītānus, a, um (trans u. Tigris), jenseit des Tigerflusses befindlich, regiones, Ruf. Fest. breviar. 25, 3. Amm. 25, 7, 9: reges, Amm. 21, 6, 7: gentes, Amm. 18, 9, 2. – Plur. subst., trānstigrītānī, ōrum, m., die jenseit des Tigris wohnenden Völkerschaften, die Transtigritaner, Amm. 22, 7, 10.

princĭpĭum, ii, n. [princeps], a beginning, commencement, origin (class.; syn.: primordia, initium).

In gen.:

origo principii nulla est: nam ex principio oriuntur omnia,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54:

quid est cujus principium aliquod sit, nihil sit extremum?

id. N. D. 1, 8, 20:

nec principium, nec finem habere,

id. Sen. 21, 78:

cujus criminis neque principium invenire, neque evolvere exitum possum,

id. Cael. 23, 56:

hic fons, hoc principium est movendi,

id. Rep. 6, 25, 27:

bellorum atque imperiorum,

id. Balb. 3, 9:

principium pontis,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

principio lucis,

at daybreak, Amm. 25, 5, 1:

in principiis dicendi,

at the commencement of a speech, Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121;

so of a declaration in a lawsuit,

Juv. 6, 245:

suave quoddam principium dicendi,

Amm. 30, 4, 19: principia ducere ab aliquo, to derive, deduce:

omnium rerum magnarum principia a dis immortalibus ducuntur,

id. Vatin. 6, 14:

principium urbis,

id. Off. 1, 17, 54:

scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons,

Hor. A. P. 309:

omne principium huc refer,

id. C. 3, 6, 6:

a Jove principium,

Verg. E. 3, 60:

anni,

Liv. 1, 4:

a sanguine Teucri Ducere principium,

Ov. M. 13, 705:

capessere,

to begin, Tac. A. 15, 49.—Adverb.: principio, a principio, in principio, at or in the beginning, at first:

principio... postea, etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 35, 75:

principio generi animantium omni est a naturā tributum, ut se tueatur,

id. Off. 1, 4, 11; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; id. Fin. 1, 6, 17; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 39; id. And. 3, 3, 38; Verg. A. 6, 214; Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; so,

a principio: ac vellem a principio te audissem, etc.,

id. Att. 7, 1, 2:

dixeram a principio, de re publicā ut sileremus,

id. Brut. 42, 157:

in principio,

id. de Or. 1, 48, 210:

principio ut,

as soon as, Plaut. Merc. prol. 40; v. Ritschl ad h. l.— Rarely of the boundaries of a country or people:

adusque principia Carmanorum,

Amm. 23, 6, 74.—

In partic.

Plur., beginnings, foundations, principles, elements (class.):

bene provisa et diligenter explorata principia ponantur,

Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 37:

juris,

id. ib. 1, 6, 18:

naturae,

id. Off. 3, 12, 52;

for which: principia naturalia,

id. Fin. 3, 5, 17; cf. id. ib. 2, 11, 35:

principia rerum, ex quibus omnia constant,

first principles, elements, id. Ac. 2, 36, 117.—

Prov.: obsta principiis (cf. the French: ce n'est que le premier pas qui coute),

Ov. R. Am. 91.—

That makes a beginning, that votes first: tribus principium fuit, pro tribu Q. Fabius primus scivit, Lex Thoria, Rudorff. p. 142; Lex Appar. ap. Haubold, Moment. Leg. p. 85; Plebissc. ap. Front. Aquaed. 129:

Faucia curia fuit principium,

was the first to vote, Liv. 9, 38 fin. —

In gen., a beginner, originator, founder, ancestor ( poet.):

Graecia principium moris fuit,

Ov. F. 2, 37:

mihi Belus avorum Principium,

ancestor, progenitor, Sil. 15, 748.—Here, too, prob. belongs PRINCIPIA SACRA, Æneas and [p. 1446] his successors in Lavinium, ancestors whom the Latins and Romans honored as deities, Inscr. Orell. 2276.—

In milit. lang.: princĭpĭa, ōrum, n.

The foremost ranks, the front line of soldiers, the front or van of an army:

post principia,

behind the front, Liv. 2, 65; cf.:

hic ero post principia, inde omnibus signum dabo,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 11: post principia paulatim recedunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 135, 31: deinde ipse paulatim procedere;

Marium post principia habere,

Sall. J. 50, 2:

traversis principiis, in planum deducit,

id. ib. 49, 6:

equites post principia collocat,

Liv. 3, 22; Tac. H. 2, 43. —

The staff-officers, members of the council of war (post-class.):

mittere principia,

Front. Strat. 2, 5, 30:

a principiis salutari,

Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 10:

advocatis legionum principiis et turmarum,

Amm. 25, 5, 1; Cod. 12, 47, 1.—

A large open space in a camp, in which were the tents of the general, lieutenants, and tribunes, together with the standards, and where speeches were made and councils held; the general's quarters:

jura reddere in principiis,

Liv. 28, 24:

in principiis ac praetorio in unum sermones confundi,

id. 7, 12:

castrorum,

Just. 11, 6, 6:

in castris,

Varr. R. R. 3, 4, 1:

in principiis statuit tabernaculum, eoque omnes cotidie convenire (jussit), ut ibi de summis rebus consilia caperentur,

Nep. Eum. 7, 2; Suet. Oth. 1; 6; Flor. 3, 10, 12:

primores centurionum et paucos militum in principia vocat,

Tac. H. 3, 13; 1, 48; Dig. 49, 16, 12; cf. Front. Strat. 4, 1, 16.—

Precedence, preference, the first place:

principium ergo, columenque omnium rerum preti margaritae tenent,

Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 106. —

Plur., selections, selected passages:

principiorum libri circumferuntur, quia existimatur pars aliqua etiam sine ceteris esse perfecta,

Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 12.—

In partic., mastery, dominion (post-class.): archê, magisterium, magistratus, praesidatus, principium, Gloss. Philox.: in Graeco principii vocabulum, quod est archê, non tantum ordinativum, sed et potestativum capit principatum, Tert. adv. Hermog. 19.

princĭpĭum, ii, n. [princeps], a beginning, commencement, origin (class.; syn.: primordia, initium).

In gen.:

origo principii nulla est: nam ex principio oriuntur omnia,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54:

quid est cujus principium aliquod sit, nihil sit extremum?

id. N. D. 1, 8, 20:

nec principium, nec finem habere,

id. Sen. 21, 78:

cujus criminis neque principium invenire, neque evolvere exitum possum,

id. Cael. 23, 56:

hic fons, hoc principium est movendi,

id. Rep. 6, 25, 27:

bellorum atque imperiorum,

id. Balb. 3, 9:

principium pontis,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

principio lucis,

at daybreak, Amm. 25, 5, 1:

in principiis dicendi,

at the commencement of a speech, Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121;

so of a declaration in a lawsuit,

Juv. 6, 245:

suave quoddam principium dicendi,

Amm. 30, 4, 19: principia ducere ab aliquo, to derive, deduce:

omnium rerum magnarum principia a dis immortalibus ducuntur,

id. Vatin. 6, 14:

principium urbis,

id. Off. 1, 17, 54:

scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons,

Hor. A. P. 309:

omne principium huc refer,

id. C. 3, 6, 6:

a Jove principium,

Verg. E. 3, 60:

anni,

Liv. 1, 4:

a sanguine Teucri Ducere principium,

Ov. M. 13, 705:

capessere,

to begin, Tac. A. 15, 49.—Adverb.: principio, a principio, in principio, at or in the beginning, at first:

principio... postea, etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 35, 75:

principio generi animantium omni est a naturā tributum, ut se tueatur,

id. Off. 1, 4, 11; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; id. Fin. 1, 6, 17; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 39; id. And. 3, 3, 38; Verg. A. 6, 214; Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; so,

a principio: ac vellem a principio te audissem, etc.,

id. Att. 7, 1, 2:

dixeram a principio, de re publicā ut sileremus,

id. Brut. 42, 157:

in principio,

id. de Or. 1, 48, 210:

principio ut,

as soon as, Plaut. Merc. prol. 40; v. Ritschl ad h. l.— Rarely of the boundaries of a country or people:

adusque principia Carmanorum,

Amm. 23, 6, 74.—

In partic.

Plur., beginnings, foundations, principles, elements (class.):

bene provisa et diligenter explorata principia ponantur,

Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 37:

juris,

id. ib. 1, 6, 18:

naturae,

id. Off. 3, 12, 52;

for which: principia naturalia,

id. Fin. 3, 5, 17; cf. id. ib. 2, 11, 35:

principia rerum, ex quibus omnia constant,

first principles, elements, id. Ac. 2, 36, 117.—

Prov.: obsta principiis (cf. the French: ce n'est que le premier pas qui coute),

Ov. R. Am. 91.—

That makes a beginning, that votes first: tribus principium fuit, pro tribu Q. Fabius primus scivit, Lex Thoria, Rudorff. p. 142; Lex Appar. ap. Haubold, Moment. Leg. p. 85; Plebissc. ap. Front. Aquaed. 129:

Faucia curia fuit principium,

was the first to vote, Liv. 9, 38 fin. —

In gen., a beginner, originator, founder, ancestor ( poet.):

Graecia principium moris fuit,

Ov. F. 2, 37:

mihi Belus avorum Principium,

ancestor, progenitor, Sil. 15, 748.—Here, too, prob. belongs PRINCIPIA SACRA, Æneas and [p. 1446] his successors in Lavinium, ancestors whom the Latins and Romans honored as deities, Inscr. Orell. 2276.—

In milit. lang.: princĭpĭa, ōrum, n.

The foremost ranks, the front line of soldiers, the front or van of an army:

post principia,

behind the front, Liv. 2, 65; cf.:

hic ero post principia, inde omnibus signum dabo,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 11: post principia paulatim recedunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 135, 31: deinde ipse paulatim procedere;

Marium post principia habere,

Sall. J. 50, 2:

traversis principiis, in planum deducit,

id. ib. 49, 6:

equites post principia collocat,

Liv. 3, 22; Tac. H. 2, 43. —

The staff-officers, members of the council of war (post-class.):

mittere principia,

Front. Strat. 2, 5, 30:

a principiis salutari,

Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 10:

advocatis legionum principiis et turmarum,

Amm. 25, 5, 1; Cod. 12, 47, 1.—

A large open space in a camp, in which were the tents of the general, lieutenants, and tribunes, together with the standards, and where speeches were made and councils held; the general's quarters:

jura reddere in principiis,

Liv. 28, 24:

in principiis ac praetorio in unum sermones confundi,

id. 7, 12:

castrorum,

Just. 11, 6, 6:

in castris,

Varr. R. R. 3, 4, 1:

in principiis statuit tabernaculum, eoque omnes cotidie convenire (jussit), ut ibi de summis rebus consilia caperentur,

Nep. Eum. 7, 2; Suet. Oth. 1; 6; Flor. 3, 10, 12:

primores centurionum et paucos militum in principia vocat,

Tac. H. 3, 13; 1, 48; Dig. 49, 16, 12; cf. Front. Strat. 4, 1, 16.—

Precedence, preference, the first place:

principium ergo, columenque omnium rerum preti margaritae tenent,

Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 106. —

Plur., selections, selected passages:

principiorum libri circumferuntur, quia existimatur pars aliqua etiam sine ceteris esse perfecta,

Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 12.—

In partic., mastery, dominion (post-class.): archê, magisterium, magistratus, praesidatus, principium, Gloss. Philox.: in Graeco principii vocabulum, quod est archê, non tantum ordinativum, sed et potestativum capit principatum, Tert. adv. Hermog. 19.

scrūtor, āri, ātus, v. dep. a. [scruta; cf.: gruteuei, scrutatur, Gloss. Philox.], qs. to search even to the rags, i. e. to search carefully, examine thoroughly, explore a thing; to search, examine a person (syn.: indago, rimo).

Lit., of things:

domos, naves,

Cic. Vatin. 5, 12:

loca abdita,

Sall. J. 12, 5:

omnia foramina parietum scrutatur,

Petr. 98, 1:

paleam,

id. 33, 4:

terraï abdita ferro,

Lucr. 6, 809:

ignem gladio,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 276:

lumina manibus,

Sen. Oedip. 965:

scrutatus sum quae potui et quae vidi omnia: inveni duos solos libellos, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182; cf. Tac. H. 4, 1:

L. Crassus spiculis prope scrutatus est Alpes,

Cic. Pis. 26, 62:

occulta saltuum,

Tac. A. 1, 61:

mare,

id. Agr. 30; id. G. 45; cf.:

scrutandi orbis gratiā,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 9:

canis scrutatur vestigia (ferarum),

id. 8, 40, 61, § 147:

venantium latibula scrutatus,

Curt. 6, 5, 17:

vias presso ore (canis),

Sen. Thyest. 499:

equorum delicta scrutantes,

Amm. 14, 6, 25.—Of personal objects: Eu. Ostende huc manum dexteram... Nunc laevam ostende... Jam scrutari mitto, to search you, Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 24:

non excutio te, non scrutor,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97; so of searching, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 1:

consuetudinem salutantes scrutandi,

Suet. Vesp. 12 fin.;

and of a searching for spoil,

Tac. H. 3, 25.—

Transf., to seek for, search out a thing (post-Aug. and very rare):

venas melini inter saxa,

Plin. 35, 6, 19, § 37:

iter,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 172; cf. infra, II. B.—

Trop., to examine thoroughly; to explore, investigate: quod est ante pedes nemo spectat: caeli scrutantur plagas, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30 (Trag. v. 277 Vahl.):

omnes sordes,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11;

cf: nomina ac vultus, alacritatem tristitiamque coëuntium,

Tac. A. 16, 5:

animos ceterorum secretis sermonibus,

id. H. 4, 55:

voluntatem,

Quint. 2, 4, 26:

locos, ex quibus argumenta eruamus,

Cic. de Or 2, 34, 146; cf. id. Part. 3, 8:

desinamus aliquando ea scrutari, quae sunt inania,

id. Rosc. Am. 30, 83; cf.:

quod non ratione scrutabimur, non poterimus invenire nisi casu,

Quint. 5, 10, 22:

interiores et reconditas litteras,

Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42:

origines nominum,

Quint. 1, 4, 25:

omnia minutius et scrupulosius,

id. 5, 14, 28:

inferiora quoque,

id. 7, 1, 27:

exoletos auctores,

id. 8, 2, 12:

scripturas,

Vulg. Johan. 5, 39.— Absol.:

totum diem mecum scrutor, facta ac dicta mea remetior,

Sen. Ira, 3, 36, 3.—

Transf. (cf. supra, I. B.), to search into; to search out, find out a thing (so not till after the Aug. per.):

fibras Inspiciunt, mentes deum scrutantur in illis,

Ov. M. 15, 137:

finem principis per Chaldaeos,

Tac. A. 12, 52:

sua Caesarisque fata,

id. ib. 16, 14:

arcanum ullius,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 37:

ut causas hujus infinitae differentiae scrutetur,

Tac. Or. 15; cf. Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 11:

harenarum numerum et montium pondera scrutari,

Amm. 14, 11, 34.— P. a.: scrūtans, antis (late Lat.), perh. only in sup., that most closely examines:

militaris rei ordinum scrutantissimus,

Amm. 30, 9, 4.— Hence, adv.: scrūtanter, searchingly, Ambros. Ep. 80. Act. collat. form scrūto, āre, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P; cf. gruteuô, scruto, Gloss. Philox.—Hence,

scrūtor, ātus, pass., Amm. 28, 1, 10; 15, 8, 16; Aur. Vict. Orig. 6, 3.

scrūtor, āri, ātus, v. dep. a. [scruta; cf.: gruteuei, scrutatur, Gloss. Philox.], qs. to search even to the rags, i. e. to search carefully, examine thoroughly, explore a thing; to search, examine a person (syn.: indago, rimo).

Lit., of things:

domos, naves,

Cic. Vatin. 5, 12:

loca abdita,

Sall. J. 12, 5:

omnia foramina parietum scrutatur,

Petr. 98, 1:

paleam,

id. 33, 4:

terraï abdita ferro,

Lucr. 6, 809:

ignem gladio,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 276:

lumina manibus,

Sen. Oedip. 965:

scrutatus sum quae potui et quae vidi omnia: inveni duos solos libellos, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182; cf. Tac. H. 4, 1:

L. Crassus spiculis prope scrutatus est Alpes,

Cic. Pis. 26, 62:

occulta saltuum,

Tac. A. 1, 61:

mare,

id. Agr. 30; id. G. 45; cf.:

scrutandi orbis gratiā,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 9:

canis scrutatur vestigia (ferarum),

id. 8, 40, 61, § 147:

venantium latibula scrutatus,

Curt. 6, 5, 17:

vias presso ore (canis),

Sen. Thyest. 499:

equorum delicta scrutantes,

Amm. 14, 6, 25.—Of personal objects: Eu. Ostende huc manum dexteram... Nunc laevam ostende... Jam scrutari mitto, to search you, Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 24:

non excutio te, non scrutor,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97; so of searching, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 1:

consuetudinem salutantes scrutandi,

Suet. Vesp. 12 fin.;

and of a searching for spoil,

Tac. H. 3, 25.—

Transf., to seek for, search out a thing (post-Aug. and very rare):

venas melini inter saxa,

Plin. 35, 6, 19, § 37:

iter,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 172; cf. infra, II. B.—

Trop., to examine thoroughly; to explore, investigate: quod est ante pedes nemo spectat: caeli scrutantur plagas, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30 (Trag. v. 277 Vahl.):

omnes sordes,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11;

cf: nomina ac vultus, alacritatem tristitiamque coëuntium,

Tac. A. 16, 5:

animos ceterorum secretis sermonibus,

id. H. 4, 55:

voluntatem,

Quint. 2, 4, 26:

locos, ex quibus argumenta eruamus,

Cic. de Or 2, 34, 146; cf. id. Part. 3, 8:

desinamus aliquando ea scrutari, quae sunt inania,

id. Rosc. Am. 30, 83; cf.:

quod non ratione scrutabimur, non poterimus invenire nisi casu,

Quint. 5, 10, 22:

interiores et reconditas litteras,

Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42:

origines nominum,

Quint. 1, 4, 25:

omnia minutius et scrupulosius,

id. 5, 14, 28:

inferiora quoque,

id. 7, 1, 27:

exoletos auctores,

id. 8, 2, 12:

scripturas,

Vulg. Johan. 5, 39.— Absol.:

totum diem mecum scrutor, facta ac dicta mea remetior,

Sen. Ira, 3, 36, 3.—

Transf. (cf. supra, I. B.), to search into; to search out, find out a thing (so not till after the Aug. per.):

fibras Inspiciunt, mentes deum scrutantur in illis,

Ov. M. 15, 137:

finem principis per Chaldaeos,

Tac. A. 12, 52:

sua Caesarisque fata,

id. ib. 16, 14:

arcanum ullius,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 37:

ut causas hujus infinitae differentiae scrutetur,

Tac. Or. 15; cf. Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 11:

harenarum numerum et montium pondera scrutari,

Amm. 14, 11, 34.— P. a.: scrūtans, antis (late Lat.), perh. only in sup., that most closely examines:

militaris rei ordinum scrutantissimus,

Amm. 30, 9, 4.— Hence, adv.: scrūtanter, searchingly, Ambros. Ep. 80. Act. collat. form scrūto, āre, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P; cf. gruteuô, scruto, Gloss. Philox.—Hence,

scrūtor, ātus, pass., Amm. 28, 1, 10; 15, 8, 16; Aur. Vict. Orig. 6, 3.

suspendo, di, sum, 3, v. a. [sus, from subs, for sub; v. sub, III., and pendo], to hang up, hang, suspend (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

pernas suspendito in vento biduum... suspendito in fumo biduum... suspendito in carnario,

Cato, R. R. 162, 3:

aliquid in fumo,

Plin. 30, 4, 11, § 31:

suspensae in litore vestes,

Lucr. 1, 305:

religata ad pinnam muri reste suspensus,

Liv. 8, 16, 9:

oscilla ex altā pinu,

Verg. G. 2, 389:

columbam malo ab alto,

id. A. 5, 489:

tignis nidum suspendat hirundo,

id. G. 4, 307:

habilem arcum umeris,

id. A. 1, 318:

stamina telā,

Ov. M. 6, 576:

aliquid collo,

Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 124:

(ranae) suspensae pedibus,

id. 32, 8, 29, § 92; Col. 7, 10, 3:

aliquid e collo,

Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 125:

allium super prunas,

id. 19, 6, 34, § 115:

vitem sub ramo,

id. 17, 23, 35, § 209:

cocleam in fumo,

id. 30, 4, 11, § 31: aliquid lance, to weigh, Pert. 4, 10; cf.:

in trutinā Homerum,

Juv. 6, 438:

suspendi a jugulis suis gladios obsecrantes,

Amm. 17, 12, 16:

se suspendit fenestrā,

i. e. to look out, App. M. p. 148, 6.— Poet.:

nec sua credulitas piscem suspenderat hamo,

had hung, caught, Ov. M. 15, 101.—In a Greek construction: [p. 1820] (pueri) laevo suspensi loculos tabulamque lacerto, with their satchels hanging on their arms, Hor. S. 1, 6, 74; id. Ep. 1, 1, 56.—

In partic.

Pregn., of persons.

To choke to death by hanging, to hang (cf.:

suffoco, strangulo): capias restim ac te suspendas,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 184; cf. id. Pers. 5, 2, 34:

nisi me suspendo, occidi,

id. Rud. 5, 3 59:

se suspendere,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 135; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 129; id. Att. 13, 40, 1: caput obnubito: arbori infelici suspendito, Lex. ap. Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; Liv. 1, 26, 6:

uxorem suam suspendisse se de ficu,

Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278:

se e ficu,

Quint. 6, 3, 88:

hominem in oleastro,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57:

more vel intereas capti suspensus Achaei,

Ov. Ib. 297:

aliquem in furcā,

Dig. 48, 13, 6; cf.:

virgines, quae corporibus suspensis demortuae forent,

Gell. 15, 10, 2.—

To hang at the whipping-post; pass., to be flogged, Amm. 15, 7, 4.—

Of offerings in a temple, to hang up, dedicate, consecrate:

votas vestes,

Verg. A. 12, 769; cf. id. ib. 9, 408:

arma capta patri Quirino,

id. ib. 6, 859:

vestimenta maris deo,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 15:

insignia,

Tib. 2, 4, 23.—

Esp., of buildings, to build upon arches or vaults, to arch or vault: primus balneola suspendit, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 194, 14; cf. id. Top. 4, 22:

pavimenta,

Pall. 1, 20, 2:

cameras harundinibus,

to arch over, Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156:

castra saxis praeruptis,

to build on, Sil. 3, 556:

velabra,

Amm. 14, 6, 25:

duo tigna... suspenderent eam contignationem,

propped up, supported, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2; cf. id. ib. § 5.—

Transf. (with esp. reference to the thing beneath), to prop up, hold up, support:

muro suspenso furculis,

Liv. 38, 7, 9:

agentem ex imo rimas insulam,

Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 5:

tellus ligneis columnis suspenditur,

Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 68:

dolia subjectis parvis tribus lapidibus suspenduntur,

Col. 12, 18, 6; cf. id. 2, 15, 6; 3, 13, 8:

orbis Libycos Indis dentibus,

tables with ivory feet, Mart. 2, 43, 9:

cum terra levis virgultaque molem suspendant,

Luc. 3, 397; Petr. 135:

pes summis digitis suspenditur,

is raised on tiptoe, Quint. 11, 3, 125.—

Esp., of ploughing, etc., to lift up, raise:

si non fuerit tellus fecunda... tenui sat erit suspendere sulco,

Verg. G. 1, 68:

ripas... litora multo vomere suspendere,

Stat. Th. 4, 181; cf.:

vineam in summā terrā suspendere,

Col. 3, 13.—

Trop.; pass. suspendi, to depend, rest, etc.

In gen. (very rare):

extrinsecus aut bene aut male vivendi suspensas habere rationes,

dependent upon externals, Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

cui viro ex se ipso apta sunt omnia, nec suspensa aliorum aut bono casu aut contrario pendere, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:

genus, ex quo ceterae species suspensae sunt,

Sen. Ep. 58, 7:

numquam crediderim felicem ex felicitate suspensum,

id. ib. 98, 1.—

In partic., to cause to be suspended, i. e.,

To make uncertain or doubtful, to keep in suspense:

medio responso rem suspenderunt,

Liv. 39, 29, 1:

illa Suspendit animos fictā gravitate rogantum,

Ov. M. 7, 308:

ea res omnium animos exspectatione suspenderat,

Curt. 9, 7, 20:

aliquem exspectatione,

Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 3:

diu judicum animos,

Quint. 9, 2, 22; cf.:

senatum ambiguis responsis,

Suet. Tib. 24:

suspensa ac velut dubitans oratio,

Quint. 10, 7, 22:

exspectationem,

Curt. 7, 4, 14; cf. infra, in the P. a. —

To stay, stop, check, interrupt, suspend (syn. supprimo):

nec jam suspendere fletum Sustinet,

Ov. F. 4, 849:

lacrimas,

id. Am. 1, 7, 57:

spiritum,

Quint. 1, 8, 1:

sermonem,

Quint. 11, 3, 35 sq.:

fluxiones oculorum,

Plin. 28, 7, 21, § 73:

epiphoras,

id. 25, 12, 91, § 143:

causas morbi,

Veg. Vet. 3, 65, 5:

gressum,

id. ib. 2, 55, 3:

manum tuam,

id. ib. 2, 40, 3; cf. P. a. 2. infra. —

To hang or fix upon something:

suspendit pictā vultum mentemque tabellā,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 97.—

Aliquem or aliquid naso (adunco), to turn up one ' s nose at, to sneer at a person or thing (Horatian):

naso suspendis adunco Ignotos,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 5:

Balatro suspendens omnia naso,

id. ib. 2, 8, 64.—

Of a temporary removal from office, to suspend:

duobus hunc (episcopum) mensibus, Greg. M. Ep. 3, 46: ab officio suspensus,

id. ib. —Hence, suspen-sus, a, um, P. a.

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

Raised, elerated, suspended: Roma cenaculis sublata atque suspensa, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96; so,

saxis suspensam hanc aspice rupem,

Verg. A. 8, 190: equi illi Neptunii, qui per undas currus suspensos rapuisse dicuntur, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 27, 67; cf.:

vel mare per medium fluctu suspensa tumenti Ferret iter,

skimming lightly over the waters, Verg. A. 7, 810:

(corus) suspensum in terras portat mare,

raised on high, Sil. 1, 470:

suspensis auribus,

Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 8:

aura suspensa levisque,

Lucr. 3, 196:

terra,

loosened, loose, Col. 11, 3, 54:

suspensissimum pastinatum,

id. 3, 13, 7:

(oliva) inicitur quam mundissimis molis suspensis ne nucleus frangatur,

id. 12, 51, 2, and 54, 2:

radix suspensa pariter et mersa,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 6:

suspensum inter nubila corpus,

Sil. 12, 94; 1, 470:

loco ab umore suspenso,

Pall. 1, 40, 1:

alituum suspensa cohors,

Sen. Phoen. 77.—

Transf., suspended, i. e. pressing or touching lightly, light:

suspenso gradu placide ire perrexi,

on tiptoe, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28; so,

gradu,

Ov. F. 1, 426; 6, 338; cf.:

evagata noctu suspenso pede,

Phaedr. 2, 4, 18:

pedes,

Sen. Contr. 1 praef. fin.:

suspensa levans digitis vestigia primis,

Verg. Cir. 212:

vestigia,

Sil. 15, 617:

suspensā manu commendare aliquem,

slightly, Plin. Ep. 6, 12, 1:

suspensis dentibus,

Lucr. 5, 1069:

suspensis passibus,

Amm. 14, 2, 31:

molis suspensis,

Col. 12, 51, 2; 12, 54, 2.—

Trop.

Uncertain, hovering, doubtful, wavering, hesitating, in suspense, undetermined, anxious (the predom. and class. signif.;

syn.: incertus, dubius): nolo suspensam et incertam plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66; cf.:

civitas suspensa metu,

id. ib. 1, 8, 23:

suspensum me tenes,

id. Att. 10, 1, 2:

maneo Thessalonicae suspensus,

id. ib. 3, 8, 2; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43:

tot populos inter spem metumque suspensos animi habetis,

Liv. 8, 13:

suspensus animus et sollicitus,

Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1:

suspenso animo exspectare, quod quis agat,

id. ib. 4, 15, 10:

animus,

id. de Or. 1, 56, 239; id. Fam. 16, 3, 2; id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14:

animus suspensus curis majoribus,

id. Phil. 7, 1, 1:

auditā inspectāque re, omnia suspensa neutro inclinatis sententiis reliquere,

Liv. 34, 62, 16:

dimissis suspensā re legatis,

id. 31, 32, 5.— Comp.:

exercitus suspensiore animo, Auct. B. Afr. 48, 3: suspensus incertusque vultus, coloris mutatio,

Cic. Clu. 19, 54; 3, 8; cf.: hominum exspectationem et spem rei publicae suspensam tenere, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 1; Cic. Fam. 11, 8, 1:

suspensam dubiamque noctem spe ac metu exegimus,

Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 19:

pro homine amicissimo,

id. ib. 8, 5, 3:

munera suspensi plena timoris,

Ov. H. 16, 84 Ruhnk.:

suspensa et obscura verba,

Tac. A. 1, 11.— Neutr. absol.:

quare non semper illam (nequitiam) in suspenso relinquam?

Sen. Ep. 97, 14:

est suspensum et anxium, de eo, quem ardentissime diligas, interdum nihil scire,

Plin. Ep. 6, 4, 3:

rem totam in suspenso reliqui,

id. ib. 10, 31 (40), 4:

ipse in suspenso tenuit,

Tac. H. 1, 78 fin.:

si adhuc in suspenso sit statuta libertas,

Dig. 9, 4, 15; Just. Inst. 1, 12, 5.—

Of goods held under a lien or judgment:

suspensis amici bonis libellum deicio creditoribus ejus me obligaturus,

Sen. Ben. 4, 12, 3.—

Dependent:

qui fideles nobis socii, qui dubii suspensaeque ex fortunā fidei,

Liv. 44, 18, 4:

animos ex tam levibus momentis fortunae suspensos,

id. 4, 32, 2.

1) смежный, соседний, примыкающий (domus O; pars circi, quae Aventino contigua T)

2) близкий

3) непрерывный, следующий друг за другом ( ictus AG)

4) находящийся в пределах досягаемости, достижимый