amplexus

ăvĭdus, a, um, adj. [1. aveo], longing eagerly for something (either lawful or unlawful), desirous, eager, earnest, greedy (diff. from avarus, q. v.).

In gen., constr. with gen., in with acc., dat., or absol.

With gen.:

cibi,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 16:

Romani semper appetentes gloriae praeter ceteras gentes atque avidi laudis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

festinatio victoriae avida,

id. Phil. 3, 1; so,

potentiae, honoris, divitiarum,

Sall. J. 15, 4:

avidissimus privatae gratiae, id. H. Fr. (Orat. Cottae ad Popul. p. 245 Gerl.): turba avida novarum rerum,

Liv. 1, 8, 6:

avidus poenae (sc. sumendae),

id. 8, 30, 13:

libidinum,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 11:

futuri,

id. A. P. 172 et saep.:

belli gerundi,

Sall. J. 35, 3: malefaciundi, id. H. Fr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 343 (p. 251, n. 116 Gerl.):

avidior properandi,

id. H. Fr. 4, 30 Gerl.:

videndi,

Ov. M. 10, 56 et saep.— Poet. with inf. (inst. of gen. of gerund.):

avidi committere pugnam,

Ov. M. 5, 75:

cognoscere amantem,

id. ib. 10, 472:

Chaos innumeros avidum confundere mundos,

Luc. 6, 696 al. —A. more remote gen. relation is found in Lucr.:

Humanum genus est avidum nimis auricularum,

in respect of, Lucr. 4, 594.—

With in with acc.:

avida in novas res ingenia,

Liv. 22, 21, 2:

avidae in direptiones manus,

id. 5, 20, 6.—

With dat.:

servorum manus subitis avidae,

Tac. H. 1, 7.—

Absol. and transf. to inanimate things:

ita sunt avidae (aures meae), etc.,

Cic. Or. 29, 104:

avidi cursus frena retentat equi,

Ov. P. 3, 9, 26:

avidae libidines,

Cic. Sen. 12, 39:

amor,

Cat. 68, 83:

cor,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 58:

pectus,

id. H. 9, 161:

amplexus,

id. M. 7, 143.—

Esp

Eager for gain, avaricious, covetous, greedy of money, = avarus:

me dices avidum esse hominem,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 34; id. Aul. prol. 9; 3, 5, 12; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 43:

Sed habet patrem quendam avidum, miserum atque aridum,

Ter. Heaut, 3, 2, 15:

divitiasque Conduplicant avidi,

Lucr. 3, 71:

aliquantum ad rem avidior,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 51:

grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa proferri perutile est,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; id. Rosc. Com. 7 fin.:

avidae manus heredis,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 19 al. —

Eager for food, hungry, greedy, voracious, gluttonous:

Avidos vicinum funus et aegros Exanimat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 126:

convivae,

id. ib. 1, 5, 75: Noli avidus esse in omni epulatione, * Vulg. Eccli. 37, 32.— Poet.:

Efficit ut largis avidum mare fluminis undis,

insatiable, Lucr. 1, 1031:

Exitio est avidum mare nautis,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 18:

morbus,

Lucr. 6, 1236:

manus Mortis,

Tib. 1, 3, 4:

ignis,

Ov. M. 9, 234; 12, 280:

flammae,

id. ib. 9, 172:

morsus,

id. ib. 4, 724 et saep.—

In Lucr. of space as swallowing up objects, wide, large, vast:

Inde avidei partem montes silvaeque ferarum Possedere,

Lucr. 5, 202: avido complexu quem tenet aether id. 2, 1066; so id. 5, 470.— Adv., eagerly, greedily, etc.

Anteclass. form ăvĭdĭter: invadere pocula, Val. Antias ap. Arn. 5, p. 155; so App.: merum ventri ingurgitare, Met. 4, p. 145, 27.—

Class. form ăvĭdē: ab ludis animus atque aures avent avide exspectantes mentium, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 83 Müll. (Trag. v. 71 Vahl.); Lucr. 4, 1108:

adripere Graecas litteras,

Cic. Sen. 8, 26:

adpetere aliquid,

id. ib. 20, 72:

exspectare aliquid,

id. Att. 12, 40; 16, 10:

jam bibit avide,

Suet. Tib. 59:

pransus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 127 al. — Comp.:

avidius se in voluptates mergere,

Liv. 23, 18, 11:

procurrere,

id. 34, 15, 4:

avidius vino ciboque corpora onerant,

id. 41, 2, 13:

vesci,

Suet. Calig. 18.— Sup.:

avidissime exspectare aliquid,

Cic. Phil. 14, 1:

credere aliquid,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 4:

adprehendere palmam,

id. 14, 22, 28, § 147.

cārus (not chārus; in Inscrr. often kārus, Inscr. Orell. 1175; 2417 al.), a, um, adj. [Sanscr. kan, to be beloved; kāru, agreeable], dear, precious, valued, esteemed ( pass., freq. and class. in prose and poetry; syn.: dilectus, amatus, acceptus, gratus; opp. vilis, neglectus, contemptus; carum esse; syn. diligi); act., loving, affectionate, Verg. A. 1, 646:

carum ipsum verbum est amoris, ex quo amicitiae nomen est ductum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 122; id. Off. 2, 8, 29; id. Fin. 3, 20, 66; 5, 10, 29:

ego illum scio, quam carus sit cordi meo,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 21; id. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

neque meo cordi esse quemquam cariorem,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 121:

ut dis inmortalibus cari simus et ab iis diligamur,

Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

dis carus ipsis,

Hor. C. 1, 31, 13:

laeta pax cariores Sabinas viris fecit,

Liv. 1, 13, 6:

populo carus atque jucundus,

Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:

patriae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 29; Lucr. 1, 730:

parentes,

id. 3, 85:

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

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57: mater carissima, Asin. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 34.—So pater, Verg. A. 2, 707; Ov. M. 2, 649:

genitor,

Verg. A. 10, 789; Ov. M. 1, 486:

genitrix,

Verg. A. 1, 689:

nutrix,

id. ib. 4, 634:

conjux,

Ov. M. 11, 727:

Thisbe,

id. ib. 4, 143:

nata,

id. ib. 4, 222:

nepotes,

Cat. 64, 381:

pignora, nati,

Ov. F. 3, 218;

so also pignora, nepotes,

id. M. 3, 134; cf.:

caput nepotis,

Cat. 68, 120:

frater carissimus atque amantissimus,

Cic. Cat. 4, 2, 3:

homines mihi carissimi et amicissimi,

id. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

illa, quam Ego animo Egregie caram habuerim,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 38; so,

carum habere aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 11 fin. (with amare); id. Balb. 26, 59 (with diligere):

omnis suos caros habet, me quidem se ipso cariorem,

id. Att. 10, 11, 1:

parentes carissimos habere,

id. Red. Sen. 1, 2; Nep. Att. 10, 5; Quint. 5, 10, 74:

ex decessu carissimorum,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 7, 1:

omnium societatum nulla est carior,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57:

patria,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 104:

Athenae,

Cat. 64, 81:

carmina legenti,

Prop. 3 (4), 2, 13:

crines,

id. 1, 17, 21:

simulacra,

Ov. M. 14, 112:

amplexus,

id. ib. 9, 750 et saep.—Prov. uses:

patria mihi vită meă multo est carior,

Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 27; so id. Sest. 20, 45; cf. Cat. 68, 159:

carius oculis,

id. 82, 2; 104, 2; Ov. M. 7, 847 al.— Subst.: cāri mei, my loved ones, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 29 al.—In a double sense with II., Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 76 sq.; id. Men. 1, 1, 29 sq.; cf.:

hoc est gratum nobisque est carius auro,

Cat. 107, 3.—

Prop. (opp. vilis), dear, costly, of a high price:

venio ad macellum, rogito pisces: indicant Caros, agninam caram, caram bubulam, cara omnia,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 3 sq.:

quod ei amorem Carissimum... eum confeci sine sumptu,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 5:

quom cara annona sit,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 35:

coquos carissimus,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 59.—So annona, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 25; Ter. And. 4, 4, 7; ( comp.) Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59; ( sup.) id. Dom. 6, 14 et saep.:

aurum argentumque caelando carius fecimus (cf. just before: auximus pretia rerum),

Plin. 33, praef. 2, § 4; cf.:

cariora pretia facere,

Just. 16, 4, 19.—With abl. pretii: quod non opus est, asse carum est. Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94, 28; so,

trecentis,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 118.— Adv. (rare).

cārē.

Dearly, at a high price:

vēnire,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 2; comp., Cic. Dom. 44, 115; Suet. Calig. 27; [p. 296] sup., Sen. Ep. 42, 5.—

Highly: carius aestimare, Plancus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2.—

cārō (acc. to II.), dearly, at a high price, Dig. 19, 1, 13, § 3.

Cārus, i, a Roman cognomen.

T. Lucretius Carus, the poet; v. Lucretius.—

M. Aurelius Carus, the Roman emperor, Eutr. 9, 12 al.—

Another poet, Ov P. 4, 16, 7.

cārus (not chārus; in Inscrr. often kārus, Inscr. Orell. 1175; 2417 al.), a, um, adj. [Sanscr. kan, to be beloved; kāru, agreeable], dear, precious, valued, esteemed ( pass., freq. and class. in prose and poetry; syn.: dilectus, amatus, acceptus, gratus; opp. vilis, neglectus, contemptus; carum esse; syn. diligi); act., loving, affectionate, Verg. A. 1, 646:

carum ipsum verbum est amoris, ex quo amicitiae nomen est ductum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 122; id. Off. 2, 8, 29; id. Fin. 3, 20, 66; 5, 10, 29:

ego illum scio, quam carus sit cordi meo,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 21; id. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

neque meo cordi esse quemquam cariorem,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 121:

ut dis inmortalibus cari simus et ab iis diligamur,

Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

dis carus ipsis,

Hor. C. 1, 31, 13:

laeta pax cariores Sabinas viris fecit,

Liv. 1, 13, 6:

populo carus atque jucundus,

Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:

patriae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 29; Lucr. 1, 730:

parentes,

id. 3, 85:

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

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57: mater carissima, Asin. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 34.—So pater, Verg. A. 2, 707; Ov. M. 2, 649:

genitor,

Verg. A. 10, 789; Ov. M. 1, 486:

genitrix,

Verg. A. 1, 689:

nutrix,

id. ib. 4, 634:

conjux,

Ov. M. 11, 727:

Thisbe,

id. ib. 4, 143:

nata,

id. ib. 4, 222:

nepotes,

Cat. 64, 381:

pignora, nati,

Ov. F. 3, 218;

so also pignora, nepotes,

id. M. 3, 134; cf.:

caput nepotis,

Cat. 68, 120:

frater carissimus atque amantissimus,

Cic. Cat. 4, 2, 3:

homines mihi carissimi et amicissimi,

id. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

illa, quam Ego animo Egregie caram habuerim,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 38; so,

carum habere aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 11 fin. (with amare); id. Balb. 26, 59 (with diligere):

omnis suos caros habet, me quidem se ipso cariorem,

id. Att. 10, 11, 1:

parentes carissimos habere,

id. Red. Sen. 1, 2; Nep. Att. 10, 5; Quint. 5, 10, 74:

ex decessu carissimorum,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 7, 1:

omnium societatum nulla est carior,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57:

patria,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 104:

Athenae,

Cat. 64, 81:

carmina legenti,

Prop. 3 (4), 2, 13:

crines,

id. 1, 17, 21:

simulacra,

Ov. M. 14, 112:

amplexus,

id. ib. 9, 750 et saep.—Prov. uses:

patria mihi vită meă multo est carior,

Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 27; so id. Sest. 20, 45; cf. Cat. 68, 159:

carius oculis,

id. 82, 2; 104, 2; Ov. M. 7, 847 al.— Subst.: cāri mei, my loved ones, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 29 al.—In a double sense with II., Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 76 sq.; id. Men. 1, 1, 29 sq.; cf.:

hoc est gratum nobisque est carius auro,

Cat. 107, 3.—

Prop. (opp. vilis), dear, costly, of a high price:

venio ad macellum, rogito pisces: indicant Caros, agninam caram, caram bubulam, cara omnia,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 3 sq.:

quod ei amorem Carissimum... eum confeci sine sumptu,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 5:

quom cara annona sit,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 35:

coquos carissimus,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 59.—So annona, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 25; Ter. And. 4, 4, 7; ( comp.) Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59; ( sup.) id. Dom. 6, 14 et saep.:

aurum argentumque caelando carius fecimus (cf. just before: auximus pretia rerum),

Plin. 33, praef. 2, § 4; cf.:

cariora pretia facere,

Just. 16, 4, 19.—With abl. pretii: quod non opus est, asse carum est. Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94, 28; so,

trecentis,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 118.— Adv. (rare).

cārē.

Dearly, at a high price:

vēnire,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 2; comp., Cic. Dom. 44, 115; Suet. Calig. 27; [p. 296] sup., Sen. Ep. 42, 5.—

Highly: carius aestimare, Plancus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2.—

cārō (acc. to II.), dearly, at a high price, Dig. 19, 1, 13, § 3.

Cārus, i, a Roman cognomen.

T. Lucretius Carus, the poet; v. Lucretius.—

M. Aurelius Carus, the Roman emperor, Eutr. 9, 12 al.—

Another poet, Ov P. 4, 16, 7.

cārus (not chārus; in Inscrr. often kārus, Inscr. Orell. 1175; 2417 al.), a, um, adj. [Sanscr. kan, to be beloved; kāru, agreeable], dear, precious, valued, esteemed ( pass., freq. and class. in prose and poetry; syn.: dilectus, amatus, acceptus, gratus; opp. vilis, neglectus, contemptus; carum esse; syn. diligi); act., loving, affectionate, Verg. A. 1, 646:

carum ipsum verbum est amoris, ex quo amicitiae nomen est ductum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 122; id. Off. 2, 8, 29; id. Fin. 3, 20, 66; 5, 10, 29:

ego illum scio, quam carus sit cordi meo,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 21; id. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

neque meo cordi esse quemquam cariorem,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 121:

ut dis inmortalibus cari simus et ab iis diligamur,

Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

dis carus ipsis,

Hor. C. 1, 31, 13:

laeta pax cariores Sabinas viris fecit,

Liv. 1, 13, 6:

populo carus atque jucundus,

Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:

patriae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 29; Lucr. 1, 730:

parentes,

id. 3, 85:

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

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57: mater carissima, Asin. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 34.—So pater, Verg. A. 2, 707; Ov. M. 2, 649:

genitor,

Verg. A. 10, 789; Ov. M. 1, 486:

genitrix,

Verg. A. 1, 689:

nutrix,

id. ib. 4, 634:

conjux,

Ov. M. 11, 727:

Thisbe,

id. ib. 4, 143:

nata,

id. ib. 4, 222:

nepotes,

Cat. 64, 381:

pignora, nati,

Ov. F. 3, 218;

so also pignora, nepotes,

id. M. 3, 134; cf.:

caput nepotis,

Cat. 68, 120:

frater carissimus atque amantissimus,

Cic. Cat. 4, 2, 3:

homines mihi carissimi et amicissimi,

id. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

illa, quam Ego animo Egregie caram habuerim,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 38; so,

carum habere aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 11 fin. (with amare); id. Balb. 26, 59 (with diligere):

omnis suos caros habet, me quidem se ipso cariorem,

id. Att. 10, 11, 1:

parentes carissimos habere,

id. Red. Sen. 1, 2; Nep. Att. 10, 5; Quint. 5, 10, 74:

ex decessu carissimorum,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 7, 1:

omnium societatum nulla est carior,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57:

patria,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 104:

Athenae,

Cat. 64, 81:

carmina legenti,

Prop. 3 (4), 2, 13:

crines,

id. 1, 17, 21:

simulacra,

Ov. M. 14, 112:

amplexus,

id. ib. 9, 750 et saep.—Prov. uses:

patria mihi vită meă multo est carior,

Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 27; so id. Sest. 20, 45; cf. Cat. 68, 159:

carius oculis,

id. 82, 2; 104, 2; Ov. M. 7, 847 al.— Subst.: cāri mei, my loved ones, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 29 al.—In a double sense with II., Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 76 sq.; id. Men. 1, 1, 29 sq.; cf.:

hoc est gratum nobisque est carius auro,

Cat. 107, 3.—

Prop. (opp. vilis), dear, costly, of a high price:

venio ad macellum, rogito pisces: indicant Caros, agninam caram, caram bubulam, cara omnia,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 3 sq.:

quod ei amorem Carissimum... eum confeci sine sumptu,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 5:

quom cara annona sit,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 35:

coquos carissimus,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 59.—So annona, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 25; Ter. And. 4, 4, 7; ( comp.) Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59; ( sup.) id. Dom. 6, 14 et saep.:

aurum argentumque caelando carius fecimus (cf. just before: auximus pretia rerum),

Plin. 33, praef. 2, § 4; cf.:

cariora pretia facere,

Just. 16, 4, 19.—With abl. pretii: quod non opus est, asse carum est. Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94, 28; so,

trecentis,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 118.— Adv. (rare).

cārē.

Dearly, at a high price:

vēnire,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 2; comp., Cic. Dom. 44, 115; Suet. Calig. 27; [p. 296] sup., Sen. Ep. 42, 5.—

Highly: carius aestimare, Plancus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2.—

cārō (acc. to II.), dearly, at a high price, Dig. 19, 1, 13, § 3.

Cārus, i, a Roman cognomen.

T. Lucretius Carus, the poet; v. Lucretius.—

M. Aurelius Carus, the Roman emperor, Eutr. 9, 12 al.—

Another poet, Ov P. 4, 16, 7.

cārus (not chārus; in Inscrr. often kārus, Inscr. Orell. 1175; 2417 al.), a, um, adj. [Sanscr. kan, to be beloved; kāru, agreeable], dear, precious, valued, esteemed ( pass., freq. and class. in prose and poetry; syn.: dilectus, amatus, acceptus, gratus; opp. vilis, neglectus, contemptus; carum esse; syn. diligi); act., loving, affectionate, Verg. A. 1, 646:

carum ipsum verbum est amoris, ex quo amicitiae nomen est ductum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 122; id. Off. 2, 8, 29; id. Fin. 3, 20, 66; 5, 10, 29:

ego illum scio, quam carus sit cordi meo,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 21; id. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

neque meo cordi esse quemquam cariorem,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 121:

ut dis inmortalibus cari simus et ab iis diligamur,

Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

dis carus ipsis,

Hor. C. 1, 31, 13:

laeta pax cariores Sabinas viris fecit,

Liv. 1, 13, 6:

populo carus atque jucundus,

Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:

patriae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 29; Lucr. 1, 730:

parentes,

id. 3, 85:

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

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57: mater carissima, Asin. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 34.—So pater, Verg. A. 2, 707; Ov. M. 2, 649:

genitor,

Verg. A. 10, 789; Ov. M. 1, 486:

genitrix,

Verg. A. 1, 689:

nutrix,

id. ib. 4, 634:

conjux,

Ov. M. 11, 727:

Thisbe,

id. ib. 4, 143:

nata,

id. ib. 4, 222:

nepotes,

Cat. 64, 381:

pignora, nati,

Ov. F. 3, 218;

so also pignora, nepotes,

id. M. 3, 134; cf.:

caput nepotis,

Cat. 68, 120:

frater carissimus atque amantissimus,

Cic. Cat. 4, 2, 3:

homines mihi carissimi et amicissimi,

id. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

illa, quam Ego animo Egregie caram habuerim,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 38; so,

carum habere aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 11 fin. (with amare); id. Balb. 26, 59 (with diligere):

omnis suos caros habet, me quidem se ipso cariorem,

id. Att. 10, 11, 1:

parentes carissimos habere,

id. Red. Sen. 1, 2; Nep. Att. 10, 5; Quint. 5, 10, 74:

ex decessu carissimorum,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 7, 1:

omnium societatum nulla est carior,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57:

patria,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 104:

Athenae,

Cat. 64, 81:

carmina legenti,

Prop. 3 (4), 2, 13:

crines,

id. 1, 17, 21:

simulacra,

Ov. M. 14, 112:

amplexus,

id. ib. 9, 750 et saep.—Prov. uses:

patria mihi vită meă multo est carior,

Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 27; so id. Sest. 20, 45; cf. Cat. 68, 159:

carius oculis,

id. 82, 2; 104, 2; Ov. M. 7, 847 al.— Subst.: cāri mei, my loved ones, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 29 al.—In a double sense with II., Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 76 sq.; id. Men. 1, 1, 29 sq.; cf.:

hoc est gratum nobisque est carius auro,

Cat. 107, 3.—

Prop. (opp. vilis), dear, costly, of a high price:

venio ad macellum, rogito pisces: indicant Caros, agninam caram, caram bubulam, cara omnia,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 3 sq.:

quod ei amorem Carissimum... eum confeci sine sumptu,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 5:

quom cara annona sit,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 35:

coquos carissimus,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 59.—So annona, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 25; Ter. And. 4, 4, 7; ( comp.) Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59; ( sup.) id. Dom. 6, 14 et saep.:

aurum argentumque caelando carius fecimus (cf. just before: auximus pretia rerum),

Plin. 33, praef. 2, § 4; cf.:

cariora pretia facere,

Just. 16, 4, 19.—With abl. pretii: quod non opus est, asse carum est. Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94, 28; so,

trecentis,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 118.— Adv. (rare).

cārē.

Dearly, at a high price:

vēnire,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 2; comp., Cic. Dom. 44, 115; Suet. Calig. 27; [p. 296] sup., Sen. Ep. 42, 5.—

Highly: carius aestimare, Plancus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2.—

cārō (acc. to II.), dearly, at a high price, Dig. 19, 1, 13, § 3.

Cārus, i, a Roman cognomen.

T. Lucretius Carus, the poet; v. Lucretius.—

M. Aurelius Carus, the Roman emperor, Eutr. 9, 12 al.—

Another poet, Ov P. 4, 16, 7.

circŭĭtus, a, um, Part., from circumeo.

circŭĭtus ( circŭmĭtus, Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29; 2, 62, 155; 2, 19, 49; id. Rep. 1, 29, 45; Quint. 1, 10, 42 al.; cf. circumeo, and v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 737), ūs, m. [circumeo] (class. in prose and poetry).

A going round, a circling, revolving, a revolution:

solis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49; cf. Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 86; Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12:

nox et dies unum circumitum orbis efflcit,

id. Univ. 9 prope med.:

Asiae Syriaeque circuitu Aegyptum petit,

Suet. Aug. 17:

mundi,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11.—

In medic. lang., the periodical return of a disease, Cels. 3, 5; Ser. Samm. 95.—Far more freq.,

Meton.

(Abstr. pro concr.). A circuit, compass, a way around:

plurimum refert, cujus sit formae ille circuitus,

Quint. 1, 10, 40; cf. id. 1, 10, 42; 1, 5, 26; Augur. ap. Gell. 13, 14, 1:

collis, quem propter magnitudinem circuitus opere circumplecti non poterant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 83:

illi operibus vincebant, quod interiore spatio minorem circuitum habebant,

id. B. C. 3, 44:

XV milia passuum circuitu amplexus,

id. ib.; so id B G. 1, 41; Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 54:

brevi per mon tes circuitu praemissis, qui munirent viam,

Liv. 34, 28, 2; 4, 27, 8; Curt. 3, 11, 19:

qualis esset natura montis et qualis in circuitu ascensus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 21; 2, 29; 2, 30:

longo circuitu petere regiones,

id. ib. 7, 45; Verg. A. 11, 767:

saevaque circuitu curvantem bracchia longo, Ov M. 2, 82: circumitus Siciliae quid tibi novi ostenderit,

Sen. Ep. 79, 1.—

= ambitus, an open space left around a building, Varr. L. L. 5, § 22; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p 5, 4 Müll.; Inscr Marin. Fratr. Arval. p. 369.—

Trop

In rhet., a period: in toto circuitu illo orationis, quem Graeci periodon, nos tum ambitum, tum circuitum, tum comprehensionem, aut continuationem aut circumscriptionem dicimus, Cic. Or. 61, 204; cf.

Quint 9, 4, 124: modo ne circuitus ipse verborum sit aut brevior quam aures exspectent, aut longior, etc.,

Cic. de Or 3, 49, 191; 3, 51, 198; id. Or. 23, 78; Quint. 8, 6, 59; 11, 1, 6. —In plur.:

oratio longiores habet saepe circuitus,

Quint. 9, 4, 60.—

In the postAug. per., a circumlocution, periphrasis, a roundabout way in speech or action; an indirect procedure.

Of speech, ea, quae proprie signari poterant, circuitu coeperint enuntiare, Quint. 12, 10, 16; 12, 10, 41; 5, 7, 16;

10, 1, 12: loqui per circuitus,

Mart. 11, 15, 8.—

Of action:

cur circuitu petis gloriam, quae ad manum posita est?

Curt. 9, 3, 14: negavi circuitu agendum, sed plane jure civili dimicandum, Petr 13 fin.

circum [properly acc. from circus = kirkos], adv. and prep., designates either an entire encompassing or surrounding of an object, or a proximity only partially em. bracing or comprehending it, around, about, all around, peri, amphi

Around, round about, all around, etc., perix:

furcas circum offigito,

Cato, R. R. 48, 2; Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 1;

Verg A 3, 230: quia (locus) vastis circum saltibus claudebatur,

Tac. A. 4, 25:

molli circum est ansas amplexus acantho,

Verg. E. 3, 45:

age tu interim Da cito ab Delphio Cantharum circum,

Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 33:

quae circum essent opera tueri,

Caes. B. C 2, 10:

interea Rutuli portis circum omnibus instant,

Verg. A. 10, 118 (i. e. circumcirca fusi:

nam modo circum adverbium loci est, Serv.): omnem, quae nuno.umida circum Caligat, nu. bem eripiam,

id. ib. 2, 605; Tib. 1, 3, 77; 1, 5, 11. sed circum tutae sub moenibus urbis aquantur, round about under the walls, Verg. G 4, 193. faciundum haras quadratas circum binos pedes, all around, i. e. on every side, two feet, Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 3 Schneid.—

Strengthened with undique (in later Latin also sometimes written as one word, circumundique), from everywhere around, around on all sides:

circum Undique convenere,

Verg. A. 4, 416; Lucr. 3, 404:

clausis circum undique portis,

Stat. S. 2, 5, 13; 5, 1, 155; id. Th. 2, 228:

oppositu circumundique aliarum aedium,

Gell. 4, 5, 3; 13, 24, 1; 14, 2, 9;

so with totus and omnis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 1; Verg. A. 10, 118.—

Of an incomplete circuit, esp. of the part that meets the view, lies on the hither side, etc. (v. under II.):

hostilibus circum litoribus,

Tac. A. 2, 24:

aestas... aperto circum pelago peramoena,

id. ib. 4, 67:

gentibus innumeris circum infraque relictis,

Ov. M. 4, 668; Stat. Achill. 1, 56:

corpus servans circumque supraque vertitur,

id. Th. 9, 114; Albin. Carm. ap. Maecen. 46.

Prep. with acc.

Around, abow (implying a complete circuit):

armillas quattuor facito, quas circum orbem indas,

Cato, R. R. 21, 4:

terra circum axem se summā celeritate convertit,

Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; Quint. 2, 17, 19 Zumpt N. cr.:

ligato circum collum sudario,

Suet. Ner. 51:

terque novas circum felix eat hostia fruges,

Verg. G. 1, 345:

at genitor circum caput omne micantes Deposuit radios,

Ov. M. 2, 40.—

As in adv. B., of an incomplete circuit, about, upon, around, near:

capillus sparsus, promissus, circum caput Rejectus neglegenter,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49:

flexo circum cava tempora cornu,

Ov. M. 7, 313; 10, 116; 11, 159:

tum Salii ad cantus incensa altaria circum adsunt,

Verg. A. 8, 285:

varios hic flumina circum Fundit humus flores,

on the borders of the rivulets, id. E. 9, 40:

urgeris turbā circum te stante,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 135; cf. id. C. 2, 16, 33:

circum renidentes Lares,

id. Epod. 2, 66; Verg. G. 2, 484; cf. Luc. 2, 557:

illi indignantes Circum claustra fremunt,

Verg. A. 1, 56:

oras et litora circum errantem,

id. ib. 3, 75.—

Circum very freq. expresses, not a relative motion around a given central point, but an absol. circular movement, in which several objects named form separate points of a periphery, in, into, among... around, to... around, etc.:

te adloquor, Quae circum vicinos vages,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 14: ego Arpini volo esse pridie Cal., deinde circum villulas nostras errare, not round about our villas, but in our villas around, Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3; cf Hor. S. 1, 6, 58:

tum Naevius pueros circum amicos dimittit,

to friends around, Cic. Quint. 6, 25; Suet. Ner. 47:

cum praetorem circum omnia fora sectaretur,

Cic. Verr 2, 2, 70, § 169:

Apronius ducebat eos circum civitates,

id. ib. 2, 3, 26, §

65: ille circum hospites cursabat,

id. ib. 2, 4, 19, §

41: lenonem quondam Lentuli concursare circum tabernas,

id. Cat. 4, 8, 17:

dimissis circum municipia litteris,

Caes. B. C. 3, 22:

circum oram maritimam misit, ut, etc.,

Liv. 29, 24, 9:

legatio sub idem tempus in Asiam et circum insulas missa,

id. 42, 45, 1; Suet. Aug. 64; id. Caes. 41; id. Calig. 28; 41; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. Ep 1, 1, 49: et te circum omnes alias irata puellas Differet, to or among all the other maidens around, Prop. 1, 4, 21—

With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the environs of, in the vicinity of, at, near:

circum haec loca commorabor,

Cic. Att. 3, 17, 2; Pompei ib. 8, 12, C, 1 exercitu in foro et in omnibus templis, quae circum forum sunt, conlocato, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 10:

urbes, quae circum Capuam sunt,

id. Agr. 1, 7, 20:

cum tot essent circum hastam illam,

id. Phil. 2, 26, 64 Wernsd. N. cr.:

non succurrit tibi, quamdiu circum Bactra haereas?

Curt. 7, 8, 21, Tac. A. 4, 74. —

Of persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, etc.); in Gr.peri or amphi tina:

paucae, quae circum illam essent,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 33; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 4:

omnium flagitiorum atque facinorum circum se tamquam stipatorum catervas habebat,

Sall. C. 14, 1; cf. id. ib. 26, 4:

Hectora circum,

Verg. A. 6, 166.—Circum pedes for ad pedes, of servants in attendance, is rare, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92;

v ad, I. D. 3. b.—

,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 31 Müll., Lucr 1, 937; 4, 220; 6, 427; Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 105; Verg. E. 8, 12; 8, 74; 9, 40; id. A. 1, 32; 2, 515; 2, 564; 3, 75: 6, 166; 6, 329; 9, 440; Tib. 1, 1, 23; 1, 5, 51; Stat. Th. 3, 395.—

In composition the m remains unchanged before consonants; before vowels it was, acc. to Prisc. p. 567 P., and Cassiod. p. 2294 ib., written in like manner, but (except before j and v) not pronounced. Yet in the best MSS. we find the orthography circuitio, circuitus, and even circueo together with circumeo; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 736 sq. —Signif.,

Acc. to II. A.: circumcido, circumcludo, circumculco, circumfluo, circumfodio, circumfundo, etc.—

Acc. to II. B.: circumcolo, circumflecto, circumjaceo, circumicio.—

Acc. to II. C.: circumcellio, circumcurso, circumduco, circumfero, circumforaneus.—In many compounds, circum has sometimes one and sometimes another signif., as in circumdo, circumeo, circumsisto, etc.; v. h. vv.—

336] object; e. g. circumcursare circum aliquid and similar phrases are not found.

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

Lit.

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

With acc.:

vidi et illam et hospitem Conplexum atque ausculantem,

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

mediam mulierem complectitur,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 106:

tum ille artius puellam amplexus,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103:

viri corpus,

Lucr. 4, 1193:

(adulescentem) complexus osculatusque dimiserit,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:

suum maritum,

Ov. M. 12, 428:

nepotes,

Verg. A. 6, 786:

aliquem conplexa tenere,

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

dextram euntis,

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

infirmis membra lacertis,

Ov. M. 10, 407:

genua. in supplication,

Quint. 6, 1, 34:

pedes alicujus,

Luc. 10, 89.—

With inter se:

nosque inter nos esse conplexos,

Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58:

conplecti inter se lacrimantes milites coepisse,

Liv. 7, 42, 6; Verg. A. 5, 766.—

With in vicem, Quint. 7, 10, 17.—

Absol.:

nequeunt conplecti satis,

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

contineri qum conplectar non queo,

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

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

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

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

Cic. Sen. 15, 52:

(orbis caelestis) extimus, qui reliquos omnis complectitur,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

complexi terram maris,

Ov. M. 8, 731:

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

Verg. A. 1, 694:

vestis complectens undique corpus,

Cat. 64, 307:

spatium,

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

of ploughing around,

Ov. M. 15, 619:

aliquem obsidione,

Vell. 2, 51, 1 et saep.:

caput digitis cruentis,

Ov. M. 3, 727:

manibus eminentia saxa,

Curt. 7, 11, 15:

dexterā impendentes ramos,

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

quoad stans complecti posset atque contendere,

Nep. Epam. 2, 4:

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

in contention, id. Eum. 4, 2.—

Trop.

Of sleep, to seize upon, enfold:

sopor fessos complectitur artus,

Verg. A. 2, 253; cf.:

me artior somnus conplexus est,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10.—

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

aliquid cogitatione et mente,

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

deum et divinum animum cogitatione,

id. Tusc. 1, 22, 51:

omne caelum totamque cum universo mari terram mente,

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

animo proxima quaeque meo,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 70:

rei magnitudinem animo,

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

cum conplector animo, quattuor reperio causas, etc.,

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

perficies ut ego ista innumerabilia complectens nusquam labar?

Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 114:

totum genus judiciorum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 32:

formam animi magis quam corporis,

to consider, Tac. Agr. 46:

aliquid memoriā,

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

and without memoria,

id. 11, 2, 36.—

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

omnia alicujus facta oratione,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57:

omnium rerum memoriam breviter libro,

id. Brut. 3, 14:

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

id. de Or. 3, 44, 175:

omnia unā comprehensione,

id. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

plura semel,

Quint. 11, 1, 66:

pauca paucis,

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

sententiam his verbis,

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

sed ut aliquando sententiā complectar, ita censeo,

id. ib. 14, 14, 36.—Hence,

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

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

aliquem honoribus et beneficiis suis,

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

eum beneficio,

id. Planc. 33, 82:

aliquem summā benevolentiā,

id. Fam. 6, 14, 1:

hunc omni tuā comitate,

id. ib. 7, 5, 3:

omnes caritate cives,

Liv. 7, 40, 3:

aliquem artā familiaritate,

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

hominem,

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

complectetur,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2:

quos fortuna complexa est,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

philosophiam,

id. Brut. 93, 322; cf.:

artes ingenuas,

Ov. P. 1, 6, 9:

causam eam,

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

otium,

id. ib. 2, 6, 1.—

To embrace, include:

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

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 87:

licet haec omnia complectatur eversio,

Quint. 8, 3, 69; 2, 15, 13.—

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

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

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

facultatem aliquam,

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

plures provincias complexus sum quam alii urbes ceperunt,

Curt. 6, 3, 4.

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

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

quo uno maleficio scelera omnia complexa esse videantur,

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

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

Lit.

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

With acc.:

vidi et illam et hospitem Conplexum atque ausculantem,

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

mediam mulierem complectitur,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 106:

tum ille artius puellam amplexus,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103:

viri corpus,

Lucr. 4, 1193:

(adulescentem) complexus osculatusque dimiserit,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:

suum maritum,

Ov. M. 12, 428:

nepotes,

Verg. A. 6, 786:

aliquem conplexa tenere,

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

dextram euntis,

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

infirmis membra lacertis,

Ov. M. 10, 407:

genua. in supplication,

Quint. 6, 1, 34:

pedes alicujus,

Luc. 10, 89.—

With inter se:

nosque inter nos esse conplexos,

Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58:

conplecti inter se lacrimantes milites coepisse,

Liv. 7, 42, 6; Verg. A. 5, 766.—

With in vicem, Quint. 7, 10, 17.—

Absol.:

nequeunt conplecti satis,

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

contineri qum conplectar non queo,

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

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

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

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

Cic. Sen. 15, 52:

(orbis caelestis) extimus, qui reliquos omnis complectitur,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

complexi terram maris,

Ov. M. 8, 731:

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

Verg. A. 1, 694:

vestis complectens undique corpus,

Cat. 64, 307:

spatium,

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

of ploughing around,

Ov. M. 15, 619:

aliquem obsidione,

Vell. 2, 51, 1 et saep.:

caput digitis cruentis,

Ov. M. 3, 727:

manibus eminentia saxa,

Curt. 7, 11, 15:

dexterā impendentes ramos,

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

quoad stans complecti posset atque contendere,

Nep. Epam. 2, 4:

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

in contention, id. Eum. 4, 2.—

Trop.

Of sleep, to seize upon, enfold:

sopor fessos complectitur artus,

Verg. A. 2, 253; cf.:

me artior somnus conplexus est,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10.—

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

aliquid cogitatione et mente,

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

deum et divinum animum cogitatione,

id. Tusc. 1, 22, 51:

omne caelum totamque cum universo mari terram mente,

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

animo proxima quaeque meo,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 70:

rei magnitudinem animo,

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

cum conplector animo, quattuor reperio causas, etc.,

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

perficies ut ego ista innumerabilia complectens nusquam labar?

Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 114:

totum genus judiciorum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 32:

formam animi magis quam corporis,

to consider, Tac. Agr. 46:

aliquid memoriā,

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

and without memoria,

id. 11, 2, 36.—

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

omnia alicujus facta oratione,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57:

omnium rerum memoriam breviter libro,

id. Brut. 3, 14:

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

id. de Or. 3, 44, 175:

omnia unā comprehensione,

id. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

plura semel,

Quint. 11, 1, 66:

pauca paucis,

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

sententiam his verbis,

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

sed ut aliquando sententiā complectar, ita censeo,

id. ib. 14, 14, 36.—Hence,

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

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

aliquem honoribus et beneficiis suis,

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

eum beneficio,

id. Planc. 33, 82:

aliquem summā benevolentiā,

id. Fam. 6, 14, 1:

hunc omni tuā comitate,

id. ib. 7, 5, 3:

omnes caritate cives,

Liv. 7, 40, 3:

aliquem artā familiaritate,

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

hominem,

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

complectetur,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2:

quos fortuna complexa est,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

philosophiam,

id. Brut. 93, 322; cf.:

artes ingenuas,

Ov. P. 1, 6, 9:

causam eam,

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

otium,

id. ib. 2, 6, 1.—

To embrace, include:

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

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 87:

licet haec omnia complectatur eversio,

Quint. 8, 3, 69; 2, 15, 13.—

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

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

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

facultatem aliquam,

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

plures provincias complexus sum quam alii urbes ceperunt,

Curt. 6, 3, 4.

► *

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

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

quo uno maleficio scelera omnia complexa esse videantur,

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

contĭnŭus, a, um, adj. [contineo, II.], joining, connecting with something, or hanging together, in space or time, uninterrupted, continuous.

Of space (so mostly Aug. and post-Aug.; cf., however, continue); with dat. or absol.

Lit.:

aër continuus terrae est,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 1: Leucada continuam veteres habuere coloni;

nunc freta circuëunt,

joined to the mainland, Ov. M. 15, 289:

ignis proxima quaeque et deinceps continua amplexus,

Liv. 30, 5, 7; 30, 6, 5: montes, * Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 5; Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 189:

agri,

Suet. Caes. 38:

fluere continuo alveo (Euphraten),

Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 124; cf.:

Rhenus uno alveo continuus,

Tac. A. 2, 6:

mare,

id. Agr. 10 fin.:

aliqui vice dentium continuo osse gignuntur,

Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 69:

omnia continua et paria,

Plin. Pan. 51, 4:

serpens,

Stat. Th. 5, 517.—

Subst.: contĭnŭus, i, m., he who is always about one, an attendant:

Cocceius Nerva, continuus principis,

Tac. A. 6, 26 (32) Halm, Draeg. ad loc. (Nipperd. and Ritter, principi).—

Tron., of rhet. matters (most freq. in Quint.): cum fluxerunt plures continuae translationes (the figure derived from an uninterrupted, flowing stream; v. the preced.), Cic. Or. 27, 94:

expositio (opp. partita),

Quint. 7, 10, 11:

loci,

id. 11, 3, 84:

lumina,

id. 12, 10, 46:

ab exordio usque ad ultimam vocem continuus quidam gemitus,

id. 11, 1, 54:

oratio,

id. 6, 1, 46; 6, 4, 1 et saep.:

adfectus,

id. 6, 2, 10:

impetus,

id. 10. 7, 14 et saep.—

Of time and objects relating to it, following one after another, successive, continuous (class. in all periods and species of composition): auferet ex oculis veniens Aurora Boöten;

continuāque die sidus Hyantis erit,

the next day, Ov. F. 5, 734; so,

continuā nocte,

the following night, id. ib. 6, 720:

triduum continuum, dies decem continuos,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 146 sq.:

dies quinque ex eo die,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

annos prope quinquaginta,

Cic. Verr. 1, 13, 38:

duabus noctibus,

Suet. Aug. 94:

secutae sunt continuos complures dies tempestates,

Caes. B. G. 4, 34 Oud. N. cr. prioribus diebus, Liv. 42, 58, 3:

aliquot an nos continuos,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54:

tot dies,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 94:

triennium,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 61; Suet. Calig. 7:

biennio,

id. Tib. 38:

bella,

Liv. 10, 31, 10; cf.:

cursus proeliorum,

Tac. Agr. 27:

consulatus,

Suet. Caes. 76; Plin. Pan. 58: itinera, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1:

regna,

Liv. 1, 47, 6:

duo tri umphi ex Hispaniā acti,

id. 41, 7, 1:

labor,

Quint. 1, 3, 8:

amor,

Prop. 1, 20, 1:

incom moda,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14: messe senescit ager; Ov. A. A. 3, 82:

eos (patricios) ab Atto Clauso continuos duravisse,

Tac. A. 12, 25 fin. et saep.—With abl. resp.:

continuus inde et saevus accusandis reis Suilius,

incessant, Tac. A. 11, 5; cf.:

postulandis reis tam continuus annus fuit,

incessantly occupied, id. ib. 4, 36.—Hence the advv.,

contĭ-nŭē, continuously, without interruption; in space or time (very rare, perh. only anteand post-class. for continenter, assidue):

* flumen quod fluit continue,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 27 Müll.:

protinus jugiter et continue,

Non. p. 376, 26.—

contĭnŭō.

To designate an act that in time immediately follows something, immediately, forthwith, directly, without delay, = statim, autika (very freq. in all periods and kinds of composition).

In gen.

Corresp. with the particles of time: ubi, ut, postquam, cum, etc.; with ubi:

ubi primum terram tetigimus, Continuo, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 49; so id. Cist. 2, 3, 35; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 51 al.—With ut, etc.:

quae ut aspexi, me continuo contuli, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 7; so,

iste continuo ut vidit, non dubitavit, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 48:

ut quisque insanus... latum demisit pectore clavum, Audit continuo, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 29: nam postquam audivi [p. 451]... cominuo argentum dedi, Ut emeretur, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 37:

cum te summis laudibus ad caelum extulerunt, mihi continuo maximas gratias agant,

Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 1; 10, 12, 2:

ut vel continuo patuit, cum, etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 29:

ne mora sit, si innuerim, quin pugnus continuo in malā haereat,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 17: si quid narrare occepi, continuo dari Tibi verba censes, forthwith you think, etc., id. And. 3, 2, 24; cf. id. Eun. 1, 2, 24; Lucr. 2, 1091; Hor. S. 2, 3, 160:

continuo consilium dimisit (Q. Maximus), simulac me fractum ac debilitatum metu viderit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121.—

Absol.:

continuo, ventis surgentibus, aut freta ponti Incipiunt agitata tumescere, etc.,

Verg. G. 1, 356:

continuo hic ero,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 43: haud mora;

continuo matris praecepta facessit,

Verg. G. 4, 548; so Ov. M. 14, 362; cf. Quint. 12, 3, 3;

corresp. with statim,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17:

quod lubet, non lubet jam id continuo,

the next moment, immediately, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 10:

hos prius intro ducam et quae volo Simul inperabo: poste continuo exeo,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 40: hanc mihi in manum dat;

mors continuo ipsam occupat,

id. And. 1, 5, 62:

hercle ego te barbā continuo arripiam, et in ignem coniciam,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 64: egomet continuo mecum;

certe captus est!

I immediately thought within myself, Ter. And. 1, 1, 55:

senatus est continuo convocatus,

Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 3:

hos continuo in itinere adorti,

Caes. B. G. 7, 42 fin.:

subitae necessitates continuo agendi,

on the spot, immediately, Quint. 10, 7, 2 et saep.: perturbationes, amplificatae certe, pestiferae sunt;

igitur etiam susceptae continuo in magnā pestis parte versantur,

even immediately on their inception, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42; cf. id. Fin. 3, 9, 32.—

Of a point of time closely following a time named, speedily, without interval:

deinde absens factus aedilis, continuo praetor,

Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

qui summam spem civium, quam de eo jam puero habuerant, continuo adulescens incredibili virtute superavit,

id. Lael. 3, 11.—

Esp., with the statement of a logical consequence from a fact; only in connection with a negative, or a question implying a negative, not by consequence, not necessarily, not as an immediate consequence, in questions; perhaps then? perhaps therefore? (very freq. in Cic.); with si:

non continuo, si me in gregem sicariorum contuli, sum sicarius,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 94; so id. de Or. 2, 48, 199; Gai Inst. 2, 204.—With cum, Manil. 2, 345. — Absol.:

cum nec omnes, qui curari se passi sunt, continuo etiam convalescant,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 5; so,

ego summum dolorem... non continuo dico esse brevem,

id. ib. 2, 19, 45: aeque enim contingit omnibus fidibus, ut incontentae sint;

illud non continuo, ut aeque incontentae,

id. Fin. 4, 27, 75:

si malo careat, continuone fruitur summo bono?

id. Tusc. 3, 18, 40; so,

continuone si? etc.,

Quint. 9, 2, 84.—

In Quint. twice (for the ante- and post-class. continue), in an uninterrupted series, one after another, continuously:

qualis (labor) fuit illius, qui grana ciceris ex spatio distante missa, in acum continuo et sine frustratione inserebat,

Quint. 2, 20, 3; 9, 1, 11.

crēber, bra, brum ( sup. creberrimus;

but crebrissimus,

Gell. 2, 30, 2; cf. Rudd. I. p. 170;

and CEREBERRIMVS,

Inscr. Orell. 68), adj. [from cre-, root of cresco, Corn. Beitr. p. 356], that exists or takes place in a continuous multitude, following closely together or one after another (hence with continuus, Quint. 12, 10, 46; opp. rarus).

Thick, close, pressed together, frequent, numerous, repeated (very freq., and class.).

Of material subjects:

lucus avius, Crebro salicto oppletus,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 9; cf.

silva,

Lucr. 6, 135:

crebris arboribus succisis omnes introitus erant praeclusi,

Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

rami,

id. ib. 2, 17:

(venae et arteriae) crebrae multaeque, toto corpore intextae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

funale,

numerous torches, id. Sen. 13, 44:

castella,

Caes. B. G. 2, 30:

creberrima aedificia,

id. ib. 5, 12:

ignes quam creberrimi,

Sall. J. 106, 4; cf. id. ib. 98, 6:

vigilias ponere,

id. ib. 45, 2:

tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.

exploratores,

id. ib. 6, 10:

tam crebri ad terram decidebant quam pira,

as thick as pears, Plaut. Poen. 2, 38; cf.

hostes,

id. Am. 1, 1, 84:

crebri cecidere caelo lapides,

Liv. 1, 31, 2; cf. sup., id. 28, 37, 7 et saep.—

Of immaterial subjects:

itiones,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 23; cf.

excursiones,

Nep. Milt. 2, 1:

ictus,

Lucr. 4, 935; Hor. C. 1, 25, 2; Suet. Calig. 30:

impetus,

Lucr. 1, 294; Sall. J. 50, 1 al.:

anhelitus,

Quint. 11, 3, 55; Verg. A. 5, 199:

commutationes aestuum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 1:

rumores,

id. ib. 2, 1:

amplexus,

Ov. M. 9, 538 al.:

compellationes,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 2:

sonus,

oft repeated, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81:

argumentatio,

Quint. 2, 5, 8:

supplosio pedis,

id. 11, 3, 128:

crebriores figurae,

id. 9, 2, 94:

quae apud Sallustium rare fuerunt, apud hunc crebra sunt et paene continua,

Sen. Ep. 114, 18:

crebra lumina (dicendi) et continua,

Quint. 12, 10, 46.—

Meton., of an object that is furnished with abundance, or produces something in multitudes, crowded with, abundant, abounding in:

creber harundinibus lucus,

Ov. M. 11, 190:

Africus procellis,

Verg. A. 1, 85:

Tiberis creber ac subitus incrementis,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 55.—Esp., of speech or writing:

sane in eo creber fuisti, Te noluisse, etc.,

you frequently said, Cic. Planc. 34, 83:

si mihi tantum esset otii, quantum est tibi... in scribendo multo essem crebrior quam tu,

id. Att. 1, 19, 1:

(Thucydides) ita creber est rerum frequentia, ut, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 13, 56; id. Brut. 7, 29: quis sententiis aut acutior aut crebrior? id. ap. Suet. Caes. 55; Quint. 10, 1, 102 (cf.: densus sententiis, id. [p. 479] ib. §

68).—In Gr. constr., of the person: densis ictibus heros Creber utrāque manu pulsat versatque Dareta,

Verg. A. 5, 460:

modus (dicendi) translationibus crebrior,

Quint. 12, 10, 60.—Hence, advv.,

Most freq. in the form crēbrō, close one after another (in time or number), repeatedly, often, oftentimes, frequently, many times:

si crebro cades,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 105:

ruri esse,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 18:

mittere litteras,

Cic. Att. 6, 5, 1:

tussire et exspuere,

Quint. 11, 5, 56:

personare purgatam aurem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7 et saep.:

qui crebro Catulum, saepe me, saepissime rem publicam nominabat,

Cic. Cael. 24, 59.— Comp. crebrius:

perlucet villa crebrius quam cribrum,

i. e. with more holes, openings, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 14:

mittas litteras,

Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 3 fin.:

crebrius aut perfidiosius rebellantes,

Suet. Aug. 21.— Sup. creberrime (creberru-):

commemorantur a Stoicis,

Cic. Div. 1, 27, 56.—

crē-bră ( acc. plur.; cf. Rudd. II. p. 159), repeatedly:

revisit ad stabulum (mater),

Lucr. 2, 359:

et pede terram Crebra ferit (equus),

Verg. G. 3, 500.—

crēbrē, closely, compactly (of place;

only in Vitr.): fundamenta aedificiorum palationibus crebre fixa,

Vitr. 2, 9, 10.— Sup.:

crates ex virgis creberrime textae,

Vitr. 10, 14, 3.—

crē-brĭter, repeatedly, frequently (in time), Vitr. 10, 13, 7; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 133 sq.

crēber, bra, brum ( sup. creberrimus;

but crebrissimus,

Gell. 2, 30, 2; cf. Rudd. I. p. 170;

and CEREBERRIMVS,

Inscr. Orell. 68), adj. [from cre-, root of cresco, Corn. Beitr. p. 356], that exists or takes place in a continuous multitude, following closely together or one after another (hence with continuus, Quint. 12, 10, 46; opp. rarus).

Thick, close, pressed together, frequent, numerous, repeated (very freq., and class.).

Of material subjects:

lucus avius, Crebro salicto oppletus,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 9; cf.

silva,

Lucr. 6, 135:

crebris arboribus succisis omnes introitus erant praeclusi,

Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

rami,

id. ib. 2, 17:

(venae et arteriae) crebrae multaeque, toto corpore intextae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

funale,

numerous torches, id. Sen. 13, 44:

castella,

Caes. B. G. 2, 30:

creberrima aedificia,

id. ib. 5, 12:

ignes quam creberrimi,

Sall. J. 106, 4; cf. id. ib. 98, 6:

vigilias ponere,

id. ib. 45, 2:

tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.

exploratores,

id. ib. 6, 10:

tam crebri ad terram decidebant quam pira,

as thick as pears, Plaut. Poen. 2, 38; cf.

hostes,

id. Am. 1, 1, 84:

crebri cecidere caelo lapides,

Liv. 1, 31, 2; cf. sup., id. 28, 37, 7 et saep.—

Of immaterial subjects:

itiones,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 23; cf.

excursiones,

Nep. Milt. 2, 1:

ictus,

Lucr. 4, 935; Hor. C. 1, 25, 2; Suet. Calig. 30:

impetus,

Lucr. 1, 294; Sall. J. 50, 1 al.:

anhelitus,

Quint. 11, 3, 55; Verg. A. 5, 199:

commutationes aestuum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 1:

rumores,

id. ib. 2, 1:

amplexus,

Ov. M. 9, 538 al.:

compellationes,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 2:

sonus,

oft repeated, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81:

argumentatio,

Quint. 2, 5, 8:

supplosio pedis,

id. 11, 3, 128:

crebriores figurae,

id. 9, 2, 94:

quae apud Sallustium rare fuerunt, apud hunc crebra sunt et paene continua,

Sen. Ep. 114, 18:

crebra lumina (dicendi) et continua,

Quint. 12, 10, 46.—

Meton., of an object that is furnished with abundance, or produces something in multitudes, crowded with, abundant, abounding in:

creber harundinibus lucus,

Ov. M. 11, 190:

Africus procellis,

Verg. A. 1, 85:

Tiberis creber ac subitus incrementis,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 55.—Esp., of speech or writing:

sane in eo creber fuisti, Te noluisse, etc.,

you frequently said, Cic. Planc. 34, 83:

si mihi tantum esset otii, quantum est tibi... in scribendo multo essem crebrior quam tu,

id. Att. 1, 19, 1:

(Thucydides) ita creber est rerum frequentia, ut, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 13, 56; id. Brut. 7, 29: quis sententiis aut acutior aut crebrior? id. ap. Suet. Caes. 55; Quint. 10, 1, 102 (cf.: densus sententiis, id. [p. 479] ib. §

68).—In Gr. constr., of the person: densis ictibus heros Creber utrāque manu pulsat versatque Dareta,

Verg. A. 5, 460:

modus (dicendi) translationibus crebrior,

Quint. 12, 10, 60.—Hence, advv.,

Most freq. in the form crēbrō, close one after another (in time or number), repeatedly, often, oftentimes, frequently, many times:

si crebro cades,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 105:

ruri esse,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 18:

mittere litteras,

Cic. Att. 6, 5, 1:

tussire et exspuere,

Quint. 11, 5, 56:

personare purgatam aurem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7 et saep.:

qui crebro Catulum, saepe me, saepissime rem publicam nominabat,

Cic. Cael. 24, 59.— Comp. crebrius:

perlucet villa crebrius quam cribrum,

i. e. with more holes, openings, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 14:

mittas litteras,

Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 3 fin.:

crebrius aut perfidiosius rebellantes,

Suet. Aug. 21.— Sup. creberrime (creberru-):

commemorantur a Stoicis,

Cic. Div. 1, 27, 56.—

crē-bră ( acc. plur.; cf. Rudd. II. p. 159), repeatedly:

revisit ad stabulum (mater),

Lucr. 2, 359:

et pede terram Crebra ferit (equus),

Verg. G. 3, 500.—

crēbrē, closely, compactly (of place;

only in Vitr.): fundamenta aedificiorum palationibus crebre fixa,

Vitr. 2, 9, 10.— Sup.:

crates ex virgis creberrime textae,

Vitr. 10, 14, 3.—

crē-brĭter, repeatedly, frequently (in time), Vitr. 10, 13, 7; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 133 sq.

dis-sĭpo, or, acc. to many MSS., dis-sŭpo, āvi, ātum ( part. perf. in the tmesis:

disque supatis,

Lucr. 1, 651), 1, v. a. [SUPO = jacio, v. the art. ‡ supat; hence, i. q. disicio], to spread abroad, scatter, disperse (very freq. and class., esp. in Cic.).

Lit.

In gen.:

claras scintillas dissupat ignis,

Lucr. 6, 163; cf. id. 6, 181:

ignis totis se passim dissipavit castris,

Liv. 30, 5:

(Medea dicitur) in fuga fratris sui membra in iis locis, qua se parens persequeretur, dissipavisse,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 9, 22; cf.:

ossa Quirini,

Hor. Epod. 16, 14:

qui dissipatos homines congregavit et ad societatem vitae convocavit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; cf.:

dispersi ac dissipati discedunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 58, 3; 2, 24, 4; id. B. C. 1, 55, 1 et saep.:

dissupat in corpus sese cibus omne animantum,

Lucr. 1, 350; cf.:

piceum venenum per ossa,

Ov. M. 2, 801; Cic. Div. 1, 34 fin. —Mid.:

hostes dispersi dissipantur in finitimas civitates,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 5 fin. Herz.; cf. Liv. 2, 28.—

In partic.

Milit. t. t., to disperse, rout, scatter, put to flight:

phalangem (for which, shortly after, disjecerunt),

Liv. 44, 41:

ordines pugnantium,

id. 6, 12 fin.; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 11:

aciem,

id. ib. 2, 1, 14:

hostes,

Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3: classem, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14:

in fugam,

Liv. 8, 39, 8; cf Flor. 4, 11, 6:

omnes copias,

id. 3, 5, 11:

praesidia,

id. 4, 9, 4 et saep.—Hence poet.:

aper dissipat canes,

Ov. F. 2, 231; id. M. 8, 343.—

Transf., of abstract subjects:

dissipata fuga,

Liv. 28, 20; 38, 27; cf.:

collectis ex dissipato cursu militibus,

id. 2, 59; 9:

respublica dispersa et dissipata,

dissolved, id. 2, 28.—

Medic. t. t., like discutere, to disperse, dissipate, discuss morbid matter:

humorem,

Cels. 5, 28, 7:

suppurationem,

Scrib. Comp. 263.—

Pregn., to demolish, overthrow, destroy; to squander, dissipate:

statuam deturbant, affligunt, comminuunt, dissipant,

Cic. Pis. 38, 93; cf.

turres,

Vitr. 1, 5; Cic. Rep. 3, 33:

ignis cuncta disturbat et dissipat,

id. N. D. 2, 15, 41:

alii animum statim dissipari alii diu permanere censent,

id. Tusc. 1, 9, 18; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 24:

a majoribus possessiones relictas disperdere et dissipare,

id. Agr. 1, 1, 2; cf.:

rem familiarem,

id. Fam. 4, 7, 5: patrimonium, Crassus in Cic. de Or. 2, 55:

avitas opes per luxum,

Tac. A. 13, 34:

reliquias reip.,

Cic. Phil. 2, 3, 6:

terram,

Vulg. Ezech. 30, 12 et saep.

Trop.

In gen., to disperse, spread abroad, circulate, disseminate, scatter:

omnia fere, quae sunt conclusa nunc artibus, dispersa et dissipata quondam fuerunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 42:

facilius est enim apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

id. Or. 71, 235;

so of discourse,

unconnected, ill-arranged, id. ib. 65 fin.; 70, 233;

and transf. to the speaker: (Curio) cum tardus in cogitando, tum in instruendo dissipatus fuit,

id. Brut. 59 fin.:

famam istam fascium dissipaverunt,

they have spread abroad, published, id. Phil. 14, 6, 15; cf. Suet. Galb. 19; and with acc. and inf.:

cum homines lauti et urbani sermones hujusmodi dissipassent, me magna pecunia a vera accusatione esse deductum,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 6 fin.; id. Fl. 6, 14; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1 fin.; Suet. Vesp. 6:

dissipatum passim bellum,

Liv. 28, 3.—

In partic. (acc. to I. B. 3.):

dissipat Evius curas edaces,

drives away, Hor. C. 2, 11, 17:

amplexus,

disturbs, interrupts, Stat. S. 3, 2, 57.

exter or extĕrus (both forms only post-class. and very rare), tĕra, tĕrum, adj. [ comp. form, from ex], on the outside, outward, of another country, family, etc., foreign, strange (syn.: extraneus; alienus, peregrinus, adventicius).

Pos. (in Cic. and Caes. used in the plur.):

quod exter heres praestare cogeretur,

strange, Dig. 31, 1, 69:

emancipatus vero aut exterus non aliter possunt hereditatem quaerere quam si, etc.,

ib. 29, 2, 84; cf. ib. 31, 1, 67, § 4:

tactus corporis est sensus, vel cum res extera sese Insinuat, vel, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 435:

vis,

id. 2, 277:

haec lex socialis est, hoc jus nationum exterarum est,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 18:

exterarum gentium multitudo,

Suet. Caes. 84:

non modo vestris civibus, verum etiam exteris nationibus,

Cic. Font. 11, 25; cf.:

apud exteras civitates,

Cic. Caecin. 34, 100:

apud exteras nationes,

Caes. B. C. 3, 43 fin.;

ad nationes exteras,

Quint. 11, 1, 89:

apud exteros,

Plin. 18, 3, 5, § 22 et saep.:

ab extero hoste atque longinquo,

Cic. Cat. 2, 13.—In neutr. plur. with gen.:

ad extera Europae noscenda missus Himilco,

Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 169:

ad extera corporum,

id. 22, 23, 49, § 103.—

Comp.: extĕrĭor, us (in signif. scarcely differing from its pos.), outward, outer, exterior; opp. interior (rare but class.):

cum alterum fecisset exteriorem, interiorem alterum amplexus orbem,

Cic. Univ. 7; cf.:

simul ex navibus milites in exteriorem vallum tela jaciebant... et legionarii, interioris munitionis defensores,

Caes. B. C. 3, 63, 6:

colle exteriore occupato,

id. B. G. 7, 79, 1:

circumire exteriores mutiones jubet,

id. ib. 7, 87, 4:

pares munitiones contra exteriorem hostem perfecit,

id. ib. 7, 74:

comes exterior,

i. e. on the left side, Hor. S. 2, 5, 17.—

Sup. in two forms, extrēmus and extĭmus or extŭmus [ sup. of ex; cf. Gr. eschatos, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 387].

extrēmus, a, um (which in post-class. lang. is itself compared; comp.:

extremior,

App. M. 1, p. 105; 7, p. 188; sup.:

extremissimus,

Tert. Apol. 19), the outermost, utmost, extreme (so most freq.; cf.: ultimus, postremus, novissimus, supremus, imus).

Lit.:

extremum oppidum Allobrogum est Geneva,

Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 3:

flumen Axona, quod est in extremis Remorum finibus,

on the farthest borders, id. ib. 2, 5, 4:

fines,

Liv. 39, 28, 2; 45, 29, 14; cf.:

ad extremum finem provinciae Galliae venerunt,

id. 40, 16, 5:

impiger extremos currit mercator ad Indos,

the remotest, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 45:

Tanaïs,

id. C. 3, 10, 1:

in extrema fere parte epistolae,

near the end, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 20; cf.:

in codicis extrema cera,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92; but to denote the last part of a thing it is used more freq. in immediate connection with the substantive denoting the whole:

quibus (litteris) in extremis,

at its end, id. Att. 14, 8, 1; cf.:

in qua (epistola) extrema,

id. ib. 13, 45, 1:

in extremo libro tertio,

at the end of the third book, id. Off. 3, 2, 9:

in extrema oratione,

id. de Or. 1, 10, 41:

in extremo ponte turrim constituit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 3; cf.:

ad extremas fossas castella constituit,

id. ib. 2, 8, 3:

ab extremo agmine,

id. ib. 2, 11, 4:

in extrema Cappadocia,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4:

extremis digitis aliquid attingere,

id. Cael. 12, 28 et saep. —In the neutr. absol. and as subst.: extrē-mum, i, n., an end, the end: divitias alii praeponunt, alii honores, multi etiam voluptates;

beluarum hoc quidem extremum,

Cic. Lael. 6, 20:

quod finitum est, habet extremum,

id. Div. 2, 50, 103:

missile telum hastili abiegno et cetera tereti, praeterquam ad extremum,

at the end, Liv. 21, 8, 10: in "Equo Trojano" scis esse in extremo "sero sapiunt," Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1; cf.:

quod erat in extremo,

id. Att. 6, 9, 1.—With gen.:

aliquid ad extremum causae reservatum,

Cic. Deiot. 13, 35 (cf. infra, 2. a. fin.):

caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultumum mundi est,

id. Div. 2, 43, 91:

ab Ocelo, quod est citerioris provinciae extremum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10, 5:

summum gulae fauces vocantur, extremum stomachus,

Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 179:

in extremo montis,

Sall. J. 37, 4.— In plur.:

extrema agminis,

Liv. 6, 32, 11:

extrema Africae,

Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 31:

extrema Galliae,

Flor. 3, 3, 1; 3, 20, 12; Tac. H. 5, 18; id. A. 4, 67; 4, 74.—

Trop.

In respect to time or the order of succession, the latest, last:

inter prioris mensis senescentis extremum diem et novam lunam,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 10 Müll.:

mensis anni Februarius,

Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 54:

tempore diei,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 15, 6:

eam amicitiam ad extremum finem vitae perduxit,

Liv. 37, 53, 8:

matres ab extremo conspectu liberorum exclusae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118:

manus extrema non accessit operibus ejus,

the finishing hand, the last touches, id. Brut. 33, 126:

extremum illud est, ut te orem et obsecrem,

it remains only, id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; id. Att. 11, 16, 5.—To denote the last part of a thing (cf. above, 1.): quod eo die potest videri extrema et prima luna, i. e. the end and the beginning, Varr. L. L. l. l.:

usque ad extremam aetatem ab adolescentia,

Nep. Cato, 2, 4; id. Att. 10, 3; cf.: ita tantum bellum Cn. Pompeius extrema hieme apparavit, ineunte vere suscepit, media aestate confecit, Cic. de lmp. Pomp. 12, 35:

extremo anno,

Liv. 2, 64, 1:

extremo tempore,

in the last time, at last, Nep. Dat. 10; id. Epam. 9; id. Eum. 5, 3 al.:

extrema pueritia,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

extremo Peloponnesio bello,

Nep. Con. 1, 2: extremus dies, the close of day, the evening, Sil 7, 172; 14, 8.— Subst.:

illum Praeteritum temnens extremos inter euntem,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 116; cf.: extremi primorum, extremis [p. 708] usque priores, id. Ep. 2, 2, 204:

extremus dominorum,

Tac. H. 4, 42 fin.:

die extremum erat,

Sall. J. 21, 2:

extremum aestatis,

id. ib. 90, 1:

extremo anni,

Liv. 35, 11, 1:

sub extremum noctis,

Sil. 4, 88 al. —Prov.: extrema semper de ante factis judicant (cf. our wise after the event), Pub. Syr. 163 Rib.— Adv.: extremum.

For the last time:

alloquor extremum maestos abiturus amicos,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 15: cum diu occulte suspirassent, postea jam gemere, ad extremum vero loqui omnes et clamare coeperunt.—

At last, finally, Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2:

extremum tenues liquefacta medullas Tabuit,

Ov. M. 14, 431.—Adverb. phrase:

ad extremum,

id. Phil. 13, 20, 45; Caes. B. G. 4, 4, 2 et saep.; cf., strengthened by tum:

invenire quod dicas... deinde... post... tum ad extremum agere ac pronuntiare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 79; and strengthened by denique:

ad extremum ipsa denique necessitate excitantur,

id. Sest. 47, 100:

decimo loco testis exspectatus et ad extremum reservatus dixit, etc.,

till the end, to the last, id. Caecin. 10, 28:

ad extremum,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 28; 3, 7, 20;

for which: in extremum (durare),

id. H. 7, 111:

qui extremo mortuus est,

at last, Dig. 32, 1, 81:

extremo,

Nep. Ham. 2, 3.—

Extreme in quality or degree; used, like ultimus, to denote both the highest and the lowest grade.

The utmost, highest, greatest: cum extremum hoc sit (sentis enim, credo, me jam diu, quod telos Graeci dicunt, id dicere tum extremum, tum ultimum, tum summum:

licebit etiam finem pro extremo aut ultimo dicere) cum igitur hoc sit extremum, congruenter naturae vivere, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26:

extremam famem sustentare,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 3:

ad extrema et inimicissima jura tam cupide decurrebas,

Cic. Quint. 15, 48; cf.:

decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum S. C., Dent operam consules, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 3:

extremam rationem belli sequens,

id. ib. 3, 44, 1:

neque aliud se fatigando nisi odium quaerere, extremae dementiae est,

is the height of madness, Sall. J. 3, 3:

in extremis suis rebus,

in the utmost, greatest danger, Caes. B. G. 2, 25 fin.:

res,

Suet. Ner. 6 fin.; cf.:

res jam ad extremum perducta casum,

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

necessitate extrema ad mortem agi,

Tac. A. 13, 1.— Subst.: si nihil in Lepido spei sit, descensurum ad extrema, to desperate measures, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:

ad extrema perventum est,

Curt. 4, 14, 14:

ad extrema ventum foret, ni, etc.,

Liv. 2, 47, 8:

compellere ad extrema deditionis,

to surrender at discretion, Flor. 4, 5; cf.:

famem, ferrum et extrema pati,

Tac. H. 4, 59:

plura de extremis loqui,

id. ib. 2, 47 al.:

res publica in extremo sita,

Sall. C. 52, 11;

Sen. de Ira, 1, 11, 5.—Adverb.: improbus homo, sed non ad extremum perditus,

utterly, Liv. 23, 2, 4.—

The lowest, vilest, meanest (perh. not ante-Aug.):

mancipia,

Sen. Ep. 70 fin.:

latrones,

App. M. 3, p. 131:

quidam sortis extremae juvenis,

Just. 15, 1:

alimenta vitae,

Tac. A. 6, 24:

extremi ingenii est,

Liv. 22, 29, 8.—

extĭmus or extŭmus, a, um, the outermost, farthest, most remote (rare but class.):

novem orbes, quorum unus est caelestis, extimus, qui reliquos omnes complectitur,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17:

circum caesura membrorum,

Lucr. 3, 219; 4, 647:

promontorium Oceani,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

gentes,

id. 2, 78, 80, § 190: factus sum extimus a vobis, i. e. discarded, estranged, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 609 P.— Subst.:

Apuliae extima,

the borders, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 217.

exter or extĕrus (both forms only post-class. and very rare), tĕra, tĕrum, adj. [ comp. form, from ex], on the outside, outward, of another country, family, etc., foreign, strange (syn.: extraneus; alienus, peregrinus, adventicius).

Pos. (in Cic. and Caes. used in the plur.):

quod exter heres praestare cogeretur,

strange, Dig. 31, 1, 69:

emancipatus vero aut exterus non aliter possunt hereditatem quaerere quam si, etc.,

ib. 29, 2, 84; cf. ib. 31, 1, 67, § 4:

tactus corporis est sensus, vel cum res extera sese Insinuat, vel, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 435:

vis,

id. 2, 277:

haec lex socialis est, hoc jus nationum exterarum est,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 18:

exterarum gentium multitudo,

Suet. Caes. 84:

non modo vestris civibus, verum etiam exteris nationibus,

Cic. Font. 11, 25; cf.:

apud exteras civitates,

Cic. Caecin. 34, 100:

apud exteras nationes,

Caes. B. C. 3, 43 fin.;

ad nationes exteras,

Quint. 11, 1, 89:

apud exteros,

Plin. 18, 3, 5, § 22 et saep.:

ab extero hoste atque longinquo,

Cic. Cat. 2, 13.—In neutr. plur. with gen.:

ad extera Europae noscenda missus Himilco,

Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 169:

ad extera corporum,

id. 22, 23, 49, § 103.—

Comp.: extĕrĭor, us (in signif. scarcely differing from its pos.), outward, outer, exterior; opp. interior (rare but class.):

cum alterum fecisset exteriorem, interiorem alterum amplexus orbem,

Cic. Univ. 7; cf.:

simul ex navibus milites in exteriorem vallum tela jaciebant... et legionarii, interioris munitionis defensores,

Caes. B. C. 3, 63, 6:

colle exteriore occupato,

id. B. G. 7, 79, 1:

circumire exteriores mutiones jubet,

id. ib. 7, 87, 4:

pares munitiones contra exteriorem hostem perfecit,

id. ib. 7, 74:

comes exterior,

i. e. on the left side, Hor. S. 2, 5, 17.—

Sup. in two forms, extrēmus and extĭmus or extŭmus [ sup. of ex; cf. Gr. eschatos, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 387].

extrēmus, a, um (which in post-class. lang. is itself compared; comp.:

extremior,

App. M. 1, p. 105; 7, p. 188; sup.:

extremissimus,

Tert. Apol. 19), the outermost, utmost, extreme (so most freq.; cf.: ultimus, postremus, novissimus, supremus, imus).

Lit.:

extremum oppidum Allobrogum est Geneva,

Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 3:

flumen Axona, quod est in extremis Remorum finibus,

on the farthest borders, id. ib. 2, 5, 4:

fines,

Liv. 39, 28, 2; 45, 29, 14; cf.:

ad extremum finem provinciae Galliae venerunt,

id. 40, 16, 5:

impiger extremos currit mercator ad Indos,

the remotest, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 45:

Tanaïs,

id. C. 3, 10, 1:

in extrema fere parte epistolae,

near the end, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 20; cf.:

in codicis extrema cera,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92; but to denote the last part of a thing it is used more freq. in immediate connection with the substantive denoting the whole:

quibus (litteris) in extremis,

at its end, id. Att. 14, 8, 1; cf.:

in qua (epistola) extrema,

id. ib. 13, 45, 1:

in extremo libro tertio,

at the end of the third book, id. Off. 3, 2, 9:

in extrema oratione,

id. de Or. 1, 10, 41:

in extremo ponte turrim constituit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 3; cf.:

ad extremas fossas castella constituit,

id. ib. 2, 8, 3:

ab extremo agmine,

id. ib. 2, 11, 4:

in extrema Cappadocia,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4:

extremis digitis aliquid attingere,

id. Cael. 12, 28 et saep. —In the neutr. absol. and as subst.: extrē-mum, i, n., an end, the end: divitias alii praeponunt, alii honores, multi etiam voluptates;

beluarum hoc quidem extremum,

Cic. Lael. 6, 20:

quod finitum est, habet extremum,

id. Div. 2, 50, 103:

missile telum hastili abiegno et cetera tereti, praeterquam ad extremum,

at the end, Liv. 21, 8, 10: in "Equo Trojano" scis esse in extremo "sero sapiunt," Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1; cf.:

quod erat in extremo,

id. Att. 6, 9, 1.—With gen.:

aliquid ad extremum causae reservatum,

Cic. Deiot. 13, 35 (cf. infra, 2. a. fin.):

caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultumum mundi est,

id. Div. 2, 43, 91:

ab Ocelo, quod est citerioris provinciae extremum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10, 5:

summum gulae fauces vocantur, extremum stomachus,

Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 179:

in extremo montis,

Sall. J. 37, 4.— In plur.:

extrema agminis,

Liv. 6, 32, 11:

extrema Africae,

Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 31:

extrema Galliae,

Flor. 3, 3, 1; 3, 20, 12; Tac. H. 5, 18; id. A. 4, 67; 4, 74.—

Trop.

In respect to time or the order of succession, the latest, last:

inter prioris mensis senescentis extremum diem et novam lunam,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 10 Müll.:

mensis anni Februarius,

Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 54:

tempore diei,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 15, 6:

eam amicitiam ad extremum finem vitae perduxit,

Liv. 37, 53, 8:

matres ab extremo conspectu liberorum exclusae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118:

manus extrema non accessit operibus ejus,

the finishing hand, the last touches, id. Brut. 33, 126:

extremum illud est, ut te orem et obsecrem,

it remains only, id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; id. Att. 11, 16, 5.—To denote the last part of a thing (cf. above, 1.): quod eo die potest videri extrema et prima luna, i. e. the end and the beginning, Varr. L. L. l. l.:

usque ad extremam aetatem ab adolescentia,

Nep. Cato, 2, 4; id. Att. 10, 3; cf.: ita tantum bellum Cn. Pompeius extrema hieme apparavit, ineunte vere suscepit, media aestate confecit, Cic. de lmp. Pomp. 12, 35:

extremo anno,

Liv. 2, 64, 1:

extremo tempore,

in the last time, at last, Nep. Dat. 10; id. Epam. 9; id. Eum. 5, 3 al.:

extrema pueritia,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

extremo Peloponnesio bello,

Nep. Con. 1, 2: extremus dies, the close of day, the evening, Sil 7, 172; 14, 8.— Subst.:

illum Praeteritum temnens extremos inter euntem,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 116; cf.: extremi primorum, extremis [p. 708] usque priores, id. Ep. 2, 2, 204:

extremus dominorum,

Tac. H. 4, 42 fin.:

die extremum erat,

Sall. J. 21, 2:

extremum aestatis,

id. ib. 90, 1:

extremo anni,

Liv. 35, 11, 1:

sub extremum noctis,

Sil. 4, 88 al. —Prov.: extrema semper de ante factis judicant (cf. our wise after the event), Pub. Syr. 163 Rib.— Adv.: extremum.

For the last time:

alloquor extremum maestos abiturus amicos,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 15: cum diu occulte suspirassent, postea jam gemere, ad extremum vero loqui omnes et clamare coeperunt.—

At last, finally, Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2:

extremum tenues liquefacta medullas Tabuit,

Ov. M. 14, 431.—Adverb. phrase:

ad extremum,

id. Phil. 13, 20, 45; Caes. B. G. 4, 4, 2 et saep.; cf., strengthened by tum:

invenire quod dicas... deinde... post... tum ad extremum agere ac pronuntiare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 79; and strengthened by denique:

ad extremum ipsa denique necessitate excitantur,

id. Sest. 47, 100:

decimo loco testis exspectatus et ad extremum reservatus dixit, etc.,

till the end, to the last, id. Caecin. 10, 28:

ad extremum,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 28; 3, 7, 20;

for which: in extremum (durare),

id. H. 7, 111:

qui extremo mortuus est,

at last, Dig. 32, 1, 81:

extremo,

Nep. Ham. 2, 3.—

Extreme in quality or degree; used, like ultimus, to denote both the highest and the lowest grade.

The utmost, highest, greatest: cum extremum hoc sit (sentis enim, credo, me jam diu, quod telos Graeci dicunt, id dicere tum extremum, tum ultimum, tum summum:

licebit etiam finem pro extremo aut ultimo dicere) cum igitur hoc sit extremum, congruenter naturae vivere, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26:

extremam famem sustentare,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 3:

ad extrema et inimicissima jura tam cupide decurrebas,

Cic. Quint. 15, 48; cf.:

decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum S. C., Dent operam consules, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 3:

extremam rationem belli sequens,

id. ib. 3, 44, 1:

neque aliud se fatigando nisi odium quaerere, extremae dementiae est,

is the height of madness, Sall. J. 3, 3:

in extremis suis rebus,

in the utmost, greatest danger, Caes. B. G. 2, 25 fin.:

res,

Suet. Ner. 6 fin.; cf.:

res jam ad extremum perducta casum,

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

necessitate extrema ad mortem agi,

Tac. A. 13, 1.— Subst.: si nihil in Lepido spei sit, descensurum ad extrema, to desperate measures, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:

ad extrema perventum est,

Curt. 4, 14, 14:

ad extrema ventum foret, ni, etc.,

Liv. 2, 47, 8:

compellere ad extrema deditionis,

to surrender at discretion, Flor. 4, 5; cf.:

famem, ferrum et extrema pati,

Tac. H. 4, 59:

plura de extremis loqui,

id. ib. 2, 47 al.:

res publica in extremo sita,

Sall. C. 52, 11;

Sen. de Ira, 1, 11, 5.—Adverb.: improbus homo, sed non ad extremum perditus,

utterly, Liv. 23, 2, 4.—

The lowest, vilest, meanest (perh. not ante-Aug.):

mancipia,

Sen. Ep. 70 fin.:

latrones,

App. M. 3, p. 131:

quidam sortis extremae juvenis,

Just. 15, 1:

alimenta vitae,

Tac. A. 6, 24:

extremi ingenii est,

Liv. 22, 29, 8.—

extĭmus or extŭmus, a, um, the outermost, farthest, most remote (rare but class.):

novem orbes, quorum unus est caelestis, extimus, qui reliquos omnes complectitur,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17:

circum caesura membrorum,

Lucr. 3, 219; 4, 647:

promontorium Oceani,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 1:

gentes,

id. 2, 78, 80, § 190: factus sum extimus a vobis, i. e. discarded, estranged, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 609 P.— Subst.:

Apuliae extima,

the borders, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 217.

fŭgĭo, fūgi, fŭgĭtum ( gen. plur. part. sync. fugientum, Hor. C. 3, 18, 1; part. fut. fugiturus, Ov. H. 2, 47 al.), 3, v. n. and a. [root FUG; Gr. PHUG, pheugô; Sanscr. bhuj; syn.: flecto, curvo; v. fuga], to flee or fly, to take flight, run away.

Lit.:

propera igitur fugere hinc, si te di amant,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 78; cf.:

a foro,

id. Pers. 3, 3, 31:

senex exit foras: ego fugio,

I am off, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 47:

cervam videre fugere, sectari canes,

id. Phorm. prol. 7:

qui fugisse cum magna pecunia dicitur ac se contulisse Tarquinios,

Cic. Rep. 2, 19:

Aeneas fugiens a Troja,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 72:

omnes hostes terga verterunt, nec prius fugere destiterunt, quam ad flumen Rhenum pervenerint,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 1:

oppido fugit,

id. B. C. 3, 29, 1:

ex ipsa caede,

to flee, escape, id. B. G. 7, 38, 3; cf.:

ex proelio Mutinensi,

Cic. Fam. 10, 14, 1:

e conspectu,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 107: Uticam, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 13: fenum habet in cornu;

longe fuge,

id. S. 1, 4, 34: nec furtum feci nec fugi, run away (of slaves), id. Ep. 1, 16, 46; cf.:

formidare servos, Ne te compilent fugientes,

id. S. 1, 1, 78; Sen. Tranq. 8.—

Prov.: ita fugias ne praeter casam,

i. e. in fleeing from one danger beware of falling into another, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 3 Ruhnk. —

In partic., like the Gr. pheugein, to become a fugitive, leave one's country, go into exile:

fugiendum de civitate, cedendum bonis aut omnia perferenda,

Quint. 6, 1, 19; so,

ex patria,

Nep. Att. 4, 4:

a patria,

Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 66:

in exilium,

Juv. 10, 160; cf. under II. A. b.—

Transf., in gen., to pass quickly, to speed, to hasten away, flee away; cf.:

numquam Vergilius diem dicit ire, sed fugere, quod currendi genus concitatissimum est,

Sen. Ep. 108 med. (mostly poet. and of inanim. and abstr. things):

tenuis fugiens per gramina rivus,

Verg. G. 4, 19:

Tantalus a labris sitiens fugientia captat Flumina,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 68:

concidunt venti fugiuntque nubes,

id. C. 1, 12, 30:

spernit humum fugiente pennā,

hasting away, rapidly soaring, id. ib. 3, 2, 24:

nullum sine vulnere fugit Missile,

Stat. Th. 9, 770:

insequitur fugientem lumine pinum (i. e. navem),

Ov. M. 11, 469:

fugere ad puppim colles campique videntur,

Lucr. 4, 389:

fugiunt freno non remorante dies,

Ov. F. 6, 772:

sed fugit interea, fugit irreparabile tempus,

Verg. G. 3, 284:

annus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 40:

hora,

id. C. 3, 29, 48:

aetas,

id. ib. 1, 11, 7.—Of persons:

evolat ante omnes rapidoque per aëra cursu Callaicus Lampon fugit,

hastens away, Sil. 16, 335. Here perh. belongs: acer Gelonus, Cum fugit in Rhodopen atque in deserta Getarum, i. e. swiftly roves (as a nomade), Verg. G. 3, 462 (acc. to another explan., flees, driven from his abode).—

Pregn., to vanish, disappear, to pass away, perish:

e pratis cana pruina fugit,

Ov. F. 6, 730:

fugiunt de corpore setae,

id. M. 1, 739; cf.:

jam fessae tandem fugiunt de corpore vires,

Verg. Cir. 447;

for which: calidusque e corpore sanguis Inducto pallore fugit,

Ov. M. 14, 755:

fugerat ore color,

id. H. 11, 27:

nisi causa morbi Fugerit venis,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 15:

fugiunt cum sanguine vires,

Ov. M. 7, 859:

amor,

Prop. 1, 12, 12:

memoriane fugerit in annalibus digerendis, an, etc.,

Liv. 9, 44, 4:

gratissima sunt poma, cum fugiunt,

i. e. when they wilt, become wilted, Sen. Ep. 12; cf.: vinum fugiens, under P. a.—

Trop. (rare but class.):

nos naturam sequamur, et ab omni, quod abhorret ab oculorum auriumque approbatione, fugiamus,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128; cf.: omne animal appetit quaedam et fugit a quibusdam;

quod autem refugit, id contra naturam est, etc.,

id. N. D. 3, 13, 33; Quint. 11, 1, 54:

ad verba,

to have recourse to, Petr. 132.

Act., to flee from, seek to avoid; to avoid, shun any thing.

Lit. (mostly poet.): erravi, post cognovi, et fugio cognitum, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 160 Vahl.):

cum Domitius concilia conventusque hominum fugeret,

Caes. B. C. 1, 19, 2:

neminem neque populum neque privatum fugio,

Liv. 9, 1, 7:

vesanum fugiunt poëtam qui sapiunt,

Hor. A. P. 455:

percontatorem,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 69:

hostem,

id. S. 1, 3, 10:

lupus me fugit inermem,

id. C. 1, 22, 12:

nunc et ovis ultro fugiat lupus,

Verg. E. 8, 52:

(Peleus) Hippolyten dum fugit abstinens,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 18:

scriptorum chorus omnis amat nemus et fugit urbes,

id. Ep. 2, 77; id. S. 1, 6, 126:

data pocula,

Ov. M. 14, 287; cf.

vina,

id. ib. 15, 323.— Pass.:

sic litora vento Incipiente fremunt, fugitur cum portus,

i. e. is left, Stat. Th. 7, 140. —

In partic. (cf. supra, I. A. b.), to leave one's country:

nos patriam fugimus,

Verg. E. 1, 4:

Teucer Salamina patremque cum fugeret,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 22.—Hence:

quis exsul Se quoque fugit?

Hor. C. 2, 16, 20.—

Transf. (causa pro effectu), to flee away from, to escape, = effugio ( poet.;

but cf. infra, B. 2.): hac Quirinus Martis equis Acheronta fugit,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 16:

insidiatorem,

id. S. 2, 5, 25:

cuncta manus avidas fugient heredis,

id. C. 4, 7, 19.—And in a poetically inverted mode of expression: nullum Saeva caput Proserpina fugit (= nemo tam gravis est, ad quem mors non accedat), none does cruel Proserpine flee away from, avoid (i. e. none escapes death), Hor. C. 1, 28, 20.—

Trop., to flee from, avoid, shun (very freq. and class.):

conspectum multitudinis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 30, 1:

ignominiam ac dedecus,

Cic. Rep. 5, 4:

nullam molestiam,

id. ib. 3, 5; cf.

laborem,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 114; Verg. A. 3, 459 (opp. ferre):

recordationes,

Cic. Att. 12, 18:

vituperationem tarditatis,

id. de Or. 2, 24, 101; cf.:

majoris opprobria culpae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 10:

judicium senatus,

Liv. 8, 33, 8:

vitium,

Quint. 2, 15, 16:

hanc voluptatem (with reformidare),

id. 8, 5, 32:

disciplinas omnes (Epicurus),

id. 2, 17, 15:

nuptias,

Ter. And. 4, 4, 27; cf.:

usum conjugis,

Ov. M. 10, 565:

conubia,

id. ib. 14, 69:

amplexus senis,

Tib. 1, 9, 74:

nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 72:

spondeum et dactylum (opp. sequi),

Quint. 9, 4, 87.— Pass.:

simili inscitiā mors fugitur, quasi dissolutio naturae,

Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 31:

quemadmodum ratione in vivendo fugitur invidia, sic, etc.,

Auct. Her. 4, 38, 50:

quod si curam fugimus, virtus fugienda est,

Cic. Lael. 13, 47:

fugiendas esse nimias amicitias,

id. ib. 13, 45:

fugienda semper injuria est,

id. Off. 1, 8, 25; id. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 103:

vitiosum genus fugiendum,

id. Or. 56, 189; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 128:

petenda ac fugienda,

id. 3, 6, 49.—

Like the Gr. pheugein, with inf. (mostly poet.), to avoid doing something, to omit, forbear, beware, = omittere, cavere:

illud in his rebus longe fuge credere, etc.,

Lucr. 1, 1052:

o fuge te tenerae puerorum credere turbae,

Tib. 1, 4, 9:

quid sit futurum cras, fuge quaerere,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 13; cf.

also: fuge suspicari, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 4, 22:

mene igitur socium summis adjungere rebus, Nise, fugis?

Verg. A. 9, 200; cf. Ov. H. 9, 75:

fugeres radice vel herbā Proficiente nihil curarier,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 150; cf.:

neque illud fugerim dicere, ut Caelius, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153:

huic donis patris triumphum decorare fugiendum fuit?

id. Mur. 5, 11.—

Transf. (causa pro effectu; cf. supra, II. A. 2.), to escape ( poet. also of things as subjects):

tanta est animi tenuitas, ut fugiat aciem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 50; Ov. F. 2, 80:

sed tamen admiror, quo pacto judicium illud Fugerit,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 100:

quos viros vigilantia fugit,

whom any vigilance escapes, Verg. G. 2, 265; cf. id. E. 9, 54.—

Esp. freq., res me fugit, it escapes me, escapes my notice; I do not observe it, do not know it (cf.:

latet, praeterit): novus ille populus vidit tamen id, quod fugit Lacedaemonium Lycurgum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 12; cf.:

illos id fugerat,

id. Fin. 4, 23, 63:

hominem amentem hoc fugit,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27:

quem res nulla fugeret,

id. Rep. 2, 1:

quae (ratio) neque Solonem Atheniensem fugerat, neque nostrum senatum,

id. ib. 2, 34;

1, 16: non fugisset hoc Graecos homines, si, etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 59, 253:

neminem haec utilitas fugit,

Quint. 2, 5, 17:

nisi quae me forte fugiunt, hae sunt fere de animo sententiae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 22; Quint. 9, 2, 107; 7, 1, 40:

nullam rem esse declarant in usu positam militari, quae hujus viri scientiam fugere possit,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

quae (partitio) fugiet memoriam judicis,

Quint. 4, 5, 3; cf. Gell. 1, 18, 6.—With a subject-clause:

de Dionysio, fugit me ad te antea scribere,

Cic. Att. 7, 18, 3; 5, 12, 3:

illud alterum quam sit difficile, te non fugit,

id. ib. 12, 42, 2.—Hence, fŭgĭens, entis, P. a., fleeing, fleeting, vanishing.

Lit.:

accipiter,

Lucr. 3, 752:

membra deficiunt, fugienti languida vitā,

id. 5, 887:

vinum,

growing flat, spoiling, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:

ocelli,

dying, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 49:

portus fugiens ad litora,

running back, retreating, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 15.—

Subst. in the later jurid. lang., like the Gr. ho pheugôn, the defendant:

omnimodo hoc et ab actore et a fugiente exigi,

Cod. Just. 2, 58, § 4 (for which, reus, § 7).—

Trop., with gen.:

nemo erat adeo tardus aut fugiens laboris, quin, etc.,

averse to labor, indolent, Caes. B. C. 1, 69, 3:

doloris,

Lact. 3, 8, 13:

solitudinis (with appeteus communionis ac societatis),

id. 6, 10, 18.— Comp., sup., and adv. do not occur.

gĕnu, ūs, n. (also nom. sing. gĕnum, n., Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 44; and gĕnus, m., Lucil. ap. Non. 207, 28; gen. sing. genuis; dat. genui, genu, Mart. Cap. 3, § 293. —In neutr., nom. and acc. sing. genus, Cic. Arat. 45; 46; 399; 403; plur. gēnu͡a, as a dissyllable, Carey's Lat. Prosody, § 47; Verg. A. 5, 432; 12, 905; gen. plur. genuorum, Vitr. 9, 6 dub.; dat. plur. genubus, Sen. Thyest. 406; Hippol. 667; Mart. Cap. 3, § 293;

but usu. genibus,

Curt. 10, 5, 24; Tac. A. 12, 18; Liv. 44, 31 fin.; Ov. M. 13, 585) [kindr. with Sanscr. jānu; Gr. gonu; Goth. kniu; Germ. Knie; Engl. knee], the knee.

Lit.:

meus est ballista pugnus, cubitus catapulta est mihi, Umerus aries: tum genu ut quemque icero, ad terram dabo,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17: hujus genus, Cic. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 22:

fine genus vestem ritu succincta Dianae,

Ov. M. 10, 536:

per aquam ferme genus tenus altam,

Liv. 44, 40, 8 Drak. N. cr.:

in ipsa genus utriusque commissura,

knee-joint, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250:

sedatis tibi doloribus genus,

Fronto Ep. p. 134 Rom.:

dolorem genus suscitare,

id. ib. p. 138:

ne quem in cursu capite aut cubito offendam aut genu,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 3:

genu mehercule M. Antonium vidi, cum contente pro se ipse lege Varia diceret, terram tangere,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:

genua inediā succidunt,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30:

dumque virent genua,

Hor. Epod. 13, 4:

genuum junctura,

knee-joint, Ov. M. 2, 823:

genuumque tumebat orbis,

knee-pan, id. ib. 8, 809: ad genua accidere, Enn. ap. Non. 517, 16 (Com. Rel. v. 9 Vahl.):

procidere,

Sen. Contr. 7, 17, 12:

ad genua se alicui submittere,

Suet. Tib. 20; cf.:

genua amplexus genibusque volutans Haerebat,

Verg. A. 3, 607:

atqui pol hodie non feres, ni genua confricantur,

i. e. be clasped in earnest entreaty, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 80; so,

fricare,

ib. 88:

nunc tibi amplectimur genua egentes opum,

id. Rud. 1, 5, 16; cf.:

exurgite a genibus,

id. ib. v. 22: advolvi, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 311; Tac. A. 1, 13 fin.; 6, 49; 15, 71;

for which: genibus se advolvere or advolvi,

Liv. 8, 37 fin.; 28, 34, 4; Vell. 2, 80 fin.:

nixi genibus ab senatu petierunt, ne, etc.,

Liv. 43, 2, 2:

muta metu terram genibus summissa petebat,

Lucr. 1, 92:

corde et genibus tremit,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 8:

jus imperiumque Phraates Caesaris accepit genibus minor,

i. e. kneeling, beseeching, id. Ep. 1, 12, 28; Vulg. Phil. 2, 10 saep.:

genu ponere,

to bow the knee, Curt. 4, 6, 28; so,

alicui,

id. 8, 7, 13:

genu flectere, Hier. in. Eph. 3, 14: inflexo genu adorare aliquem,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 410:

nixi genibus,

on bended knees, Liv. 43, 2, 2:

per tua genua te opsecro,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 31:

genua incerare deorum,

i. e. to attach to the statues of the gods wax tablets with prayers written on them, Juv. 10, 55.—

Transf., of plants, a knot, joint, usually called geniculum:

a genibus (ferulae) exeuntia folia,

Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.

gĕnu, ūs, n. (also nom. sing. gĕnum, n., Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 44; and gĕnus, m., Lucil. ap. Non. 207, 28; gen. sing. genuis; dat. genui, genu, Mart. Cap. 3, § 293. —In neutr., nom. and acc. sing. genus, Cic. Arat. 45; 46; 399; 403; plur. gēnu͡a, as a dissyllable, Carey's Lat. Prosody, § 47; Verg. A. 5, 432; 12, 905; gen. plur. genuorum, Vitr. 9, 6 dub.; dat. plur. genubus, Sen. Thyest. 406; Hippol. 667; Mart. Cap. 3, § 293;

but usu. genibus,

Curt. 10, 5, 24; Tac. A. 12, 18; Liv. 44, 31 fin.; Ov. M. 13, 585) [kindr. with Sanscr. jānu; Gr. gonu; Goth. kniu; Germ. Knie; Engl. knee], the knee.

Lit.:

meus est ballista pugnus, cubitus catapulta est mihi, Umerus aries: tum genu ut quemque icero, ad terram dabo,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17: hujus genus, Cic. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 22:

fine genus vestem ritu succincta Dianae,

Ov. M. 10, 536:

per aquam ferme genus tenus altam,

Liv. 44, 40, 8 Drak. N. cr.:

in ipsa genus utriusque commissura,

knee-joint, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250:

sedatis tibi doloribus genus,

Fronto Ep. p. 134 Rom.:

dolorem genus suscitare,

id. ib. p. 138:

ne quem in cursu capite aut cubito offendam aut genu,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 3:

genu mehercule M. Antonium vidi, cum contente pro se ipse lege Varia diceret, terram tangere,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:

genua inediā succidunt,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30:

dumque virent genua,

Hor. Epod. 13, 4:

genuum junctura,

knee-joint, Ov. M. 2, 823:

genuumque tumebat orbis,

knee-pan, id. ib. 8, 809: ad genua accidere, Enn. ap. Non. 517, 16 (Com. Rel. v. 9 Vahl.):

procidere,

Sen. Contr. 7, 17, 12:

ad genua se alicui submittere,

Suet. Tib. 20; cf.:

genua amplexus genibusque volutans Haerebat,

Verg. A. 3, 607:

atqui pol hodie non feres, ni genua confricantur,

i. e. be clasped in earnest entreaty, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 80; so,

fricare,

ib. 88:

nunc tibi amplectimur genua egentes opum,

id. Rud. 1, 5, 16; cf.:

exurgite a genibus,

id. ib. v. 22: advolvi, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 311; Tac. A. 1, 13 fin.; 6, 49; 15, 71;

for which: genibus se advolvere or advolvi,

Liv. 8, 37 fin.; 28, 34, 4; Vell. 2, 80 fin.:

nixi genibus ab senatu petierunt, ne, etc.,

Liv. 43, 2, 2:

muta metu terram genibus summissa petebat,

Lucr. 1, 92:

corde et genibus tremit,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 8:

jus imperiumque Phraates Caesaris accepit genibus minor,

i. e. kneeling, beseeching, id. Ep. 1, 12, 28; Vulg. Phil. 2, 10 saep.:

genu ponere,

to bow the knee, Curt. 4, 6, 28; so,

alicui,

id. 8, 7, 13:

genu flectere, Hier. in. Eph. 3, 14: inflexo genu adorare aliquem,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 410:

nixi genibus,

on bended knees, Liv. 43, 2, 2:

per tua genua te opsecro,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 31:

genua incerare deorum,

i. e. to attach to the statues of the gods wax tablets with prayers written on them, Juv. 10, 55.—

Transf., of plants, a knot, joint, usually called geniculum:

a genibus (ferulae) exeuntia folia,

Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.

ĭn-haerĕo, haesi, haesum, 2, v. n., to stick in, to stick, hang, or cleave to, to adhere to, inhere in.

Lit.

With abl.:

sidera suis sedibus inhaerent,

Cic. Univ. 10:

animi, qui corporibus non inhaerent,

id. Div. 1, 50, 114:

visceribus,

id. Tusc. 2, 8, 20:

constantior quam nova collibus arbor,

Hor. Epod. 12, 20:

occupati regni finibus,

Vell. 2, 129, 3:

prioribus vestigiis,

i. e. continues in his former path, Col. 9, 8, 10:

cervice,

Ov. M. 11, 403.—

With ad and acc.:

ad saxa inhaerentes,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100.—

With in and abl.:

in visceribus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 11, 24:

in rei natura,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 163.—

With dat.:

conjux umeris abeuntis inhaerens,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 79:

pectoribus nostris,

id. ib. 1, 6, 3:

tergo,

id. M. 9, 54. —

Absol.:

linguae,

Cic. Div. 2, 46, 96: inhaesuro similis (canis), as if about to hang on the hare, i. e. to fasten on her, Ov. M. 1, 535:

dextram amplexus inhaesit,

Verg. A. 8, 124. —

Trop., to cling to, adhere to, engage deeply or closely in; to be closely connected with, etc.; with in and abl.:

inhaeret in mentibus quoddam augurium,

is inherent in our minds, Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 33.— Absol.:

opinatio inhaerens et penitus insita,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 11, 26.—With dat.:

virtutes semper voluptatibus inhaerent,

are always connected with, id. Fin. 1, 20, 68:

vultibus illa tuis, tanquam praesentis inhaeret,

she hangs upon your features, gazes at, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 19:

pectoribus tu nostris inhaeres,

id. ib. 1, 6, 3:

oculis animisque,

Vell. 1, 14, 1:

paene stulta est inhaerentium oculis ingeniorum enumeratio,

that are before the eyes, plainly to be seen, id. 2, 36, 3:

illa meis oculis species abeuntis inhaeret,

Ov. H. 2, 91:

excidere proxima, vetera inhaerere,

Quint. 11, 2, 6:

memoriae inhaerent fidelius quae, etc.,

id. 10, 6, 2: scio memoriae tuae preces nostras inhaerere, Plin. et Traj. Ep. 12, 1: studiis, to apply one ' s self to, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 11:

studio operatus inhaesi,

id. M. 8, 865:

semper alicui,

to be always about one, id. A. A. 3, 561:

Lysippum statuae unius lineamentis inhaerentem, inopia exstinxit,

constantly intent upon, Petr. 88:

conpendendis rebus pertinaciter inhaerere,

to be obstinately bent on, Amm. 21, 13, 11.—With acc.:

pejores inhaesimus laqueos,

App. M. 8, p. 209.