and+felix

cāsus (Ciceronis temporibus paulumque infra s geminabatur: cassus, etc., Quint. 1, 7, 20; cf.: causa, Juppiter al.; in inscr. also KASVS), ūs (dat. casu, Nep. Alcib. 6, 4), m. [cado].

Lit., a falling (acc. to cado, I. A. and C.).

A falling down, etc.:

stillicidi,

Lucr. 1, 313:

geli,

id. 5, 205:

nivis,

Liv. 21, 35, 6:

fulminum,

Plin. 2, 50, 51, § 135; Ov. M. 8, 259:

celsae graviore casu Decidunt turres,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 10.—In plur., Lucr. 2, 231.—

A fall, an overthrow, a throwing down:

occumbunt multi letum praecipe casu,

Enn. Ann. 391 Vahl.: eoque ictu me ad casum dari, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44:

casus, quo (infantes) in terram toties deferuntur,

Quint. 1, 12, 10; Lucr. 5, 1333:

vehiculi,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 21 al. —In plur.: cum loci Inciperent casus, i. e. the fall, destruction (by an earthquake), Ov. M. 8, 714.—

Trop.

Of time, the end:

extremae sub casum hiemis,

Verg. G. 1, 340.—

A moral fall, a false step, an error, fall:

multas vias adulescentiae lubricas ostendit (natura), quibus illa insistere, aut ingredi sine casu aliquo ac prolapsione vix posset,

Cic. Cael. 17, 41.—So of a political fall, Cic. Sest. 67, 140.—

Esp., a fall or change from a higher to a lower condition:

secum reputans quam gravis casus in servitium ex regno foret,

Sall. J. 62, 9.—

That which turns out or happens unexpectedly, an occurrence, event, accident, chance, misfortune, emergency (this most freq. in sing. and plur.):

quid est enim aliud fors, quid fortuna, quid casus, quid eventus, nisi cum sic aliquid cecidit, sic evenit, ut vel non cadere atque evenire, vel aliter cadere atque evenire potuerit? etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 15: quis iste tantus casus? unde tam felix concursus atomorum? cf. id. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

novi casus temporum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60:

quod consilium etsi in ejusmodi casu reprehendendum non est, tamen incommode accidit,

such an emergency, Caes. B. G. 5, 33:

quod in ejusmodi casu accidit, periti ignaris parebant,

Curt. 4, 3, 18; 10, 5, 8; Quint. 6, 2, 34; Tac. A. 2, 47; Liv. 24, 2, 11; 38, 8, 5: potest igitur veritatem [p. 300] casus imitari, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 49:

quis tantam Rutulis laudem, casusne deusne, Attulerit,

Verg. A. 12, 321:

sive illud deorum munus sive casus fuit,

Curt. 4, 7, 13:

quae casus obtulerat, in sapientiam vertenda ratus,

Tac. A. 1, 29:

ut quemque casus armaverat,

Sall. C. 56, 3:

si quos locus aut casus conjunxerat,

id. J. 97 fin.:

in aleam tanti casus se regnumque dare,

Liv. 42, 50, 2:

ludibrium casūs,

id. 30, 30, 5:

casum potius quam consilium sequatur,

Quint. 7, prooem. §

3: parata ad omnes casus eloquentia,

id. 10, 1, 2:

bellorum,

Tac. A. 1, 61:

satis jam eventuum, satis casuum,

id. ib. 2, 26:

adversi, secundi,

Nep. Dat. 5, 4; cf. Suet. Caes. 25; id. Oth. 9:

magnus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 30; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

mirificus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 2:

mirabiles,

Nep. Timol. 5, 1:

rariores,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19:

dubii,

Cat. 64, 216; Hor. S. 2, 2, 108:

varii,

Verg. A. 1, 204:

subiti repentinique,

Suet. Aug. 73.—Hence, in abl.: casu, adverbially, by chance, casually, by accident, accidentally:

quod si haec habent aliquam talem necessitatem, quid est tandem, quod casu fieri aut forte fortunā putemus?

Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18:

id evenit non temere nec casu,

id. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

sive casu sive consilio deorum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12; cf. Suet. Claud. 13:

necessitate an casu,

Quint. 3, 6, 26:

casu an persuasu et inductu,

id. 5, 10, 69:

casu an manibus impeditus,

Tac. A. 1, 13:

accidit casu ut legati, etc.,

Nep. Hann. 12, 1; cf. Hor. S. 1, 6, 53; 1, 9, 36; id. Ep. 1, 19, 18; Ov. M. 5, 118; 6, 359; 7, 84 et saep.—Hence, also,

A chance, an occasion, opportunity for something (esp. freq. in Sall. and Tac.):

aetas illa multo pluris quam nostra casus mortis habet,

Cic. Sen. 19, 67; cf.:

mortis durae casus,

Verg. A. 10, 791:

aut vi aut dolis sese casum victoriae inventurum,

Sall. J. 25, 9:

praeclari facinoris casum dare,

id. ib. 56, 4; so,

si casus daretur,

Tac. A. 1, 13; 11, 9:

invadendae Armeniae,

id. ib. 12, 50:

pugnae,

id. ib. 12, 28:

bene gerendae rei,

id. ib. 13, 36:

casum adferre,

Quint. 8, 4, 17.— Since the idea of suddenness, unexpectedness, easily passes into that of hostility, adverseness (cf. accido, 4.), casus signifies,

Esp., an adverse event, a misfortune, mishap, calamity, = sumphora:

meum illum casum tam horribilem, tam gravem, tam repentinum,

Cic. Sest. 24, 53; id. de Or. 1, 1, 2; Caes. B. G. 7, 1, 4:

dolens civitatis casum,

Sall. C. 40, 2; cf. id. J. 14, 22; 23, 2; Liv. 37, 17, 7; 23, 22, 3; Cat. 28, 11.—Of disease:

si alius casus lecto te adfixit,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 81; Ov. M. 4, 142; 14, 473; 15, 494:

res minime in hujusmodi casu noxia,

in the earthquake, Sen. Q. N. 6, 21, 2; id. Cons. ad Marc. 5, 3:

urbis Trojanae,

overthrow, Verg. A. 1, 623.—Hence,

Euphemist. for death:

Saturnini atque Gracchorum casus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 7:

sui quemque casus per quinquennium absumpsissent,

Liv. 23, 22, 3; Sall. J. 73, 1; Hor. S. 2, 5, 49; Suet. Aug. 65; cf. id. Caes. 89; id. Calig. 10.—

In gram. t. t., a case in the inflection of words:

propter eorum qui dicunt, sunt declinati casus, uti is qui de altero diceret, distinguere posset, quom vocaret, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 16 Müll.: casus dicimus... et vocabulorum formas, Paul. ex Fest. p. 58, 11 ib.:

ea (verba) sic et casibus et temporibus et genere et numero conservemus, ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 40:

barbari casus... casus rectus,

id. Or. 48, 160; Quint. 1, 5, 61:

obliqui,

id. 1, 6, 22:

nominativo, dativo, ablativo,

id. 7, 9, 13:

genitivo,

id. 1, 5, 62: Latinus, sextus, i. e. the ablative, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 277 P.:

conversi, i. e. obliqui,

Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64: interrogandi (i. e. genetivus), Nigid. ap. Gell. 13, 26 Hertz:

vocandi,

id. ib.:

septimus,

Quint. 1, 4, 26.

Cāsus, i, m., a river of Albania, that flows into the Caspian Sea, Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39; Mel. 3, 5, 4.

cāsus (Ciceronis temporibus paulumque infra s geminabatur: cassus, etc., Quint. 1, 7, 20; cf.: causa, Juppiter al.; in inscr. also KASVS), ūs (dat. casu, Nep. Alcib. 6, 4), m. [cado].

Lit., a falling (acc. to cado, I. A. and C.).

A falling down, etc.:

stillicidi,

Lucr. 1, 313:

geli,

id. 5, 205:

nivis,

Liv. 21, 35, 6:

fulminum,

Plin. 2, 50, 51, § 135; Ov. M. 8, 259:

celsae graviore casu Decidunt turres,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 10.—In plur., Lucr. 2, 231.—

A fall, an overthrow, a throwing down:

occumbunt multi letum praecipe casu,

Enn. Ann. 391 Vahl.: eoque ictu me ad casum dari, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44:

casus, quo (infantes) in terram toties deferuntur,

Quint. 1, 12, 10; Lucr. 5, 1333:

vehiculi,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 21 al. —In plur.: cum loci Inciperent casus, i. e. the fall, destruction (by an earthquake), Ov. M. 8, 714.—

Trop.

Of time, the end:

extremae sub casum hiemis,

Verg. G. 1, 340.—

A moral fall, a false step, an error, fall:

multas vias adulescentiae lubricas ostendit (natura), quibus illa insistere, aut ingredi sine casu aliquo ac prolapsione vix posset,

Cic. Cael. 17, 41.—So of a political fall, Cic. Sest. 67, 140.—

Esp., a fall or change from a higher to a lower condition:

secum reputans quam gravis casus in servitium ex regno foret,

Sall. J. 62, 9.—

That which turns out or happens unexpectedly, an occurrence, event, accident, chance, misfortune, emergency (this most freq. in sing. and plur.):

quid est enim aliud fors, quid fortuna, quid casus, quid eventus, nisi cum sic aliquid cecidit, sic evenit, ut vel non cadere atque evenire, vel aliter cadere atque evenire potuerit? etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 15: quis iste tantus casus? unde tam felix concursus atomorum? cf. id. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

novi casus temporum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60:

quod consilium etsi in ejusmodi casu reprehendendum non est, tamen incommode accidit,

such an emergency, Caes. B. G. 5, 33:

quod in ejusmodi casu accidit, periti ignaris parebant,

Curt. 4, 3, 18; 10, 5, 8; Quint. 6, 2, 34; Tac. A. 2, 47; Liv. 24, 2, 11; 38, 8, 5: potest igitur veritatem [p. 300] casus imitari, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 49:

quis tantam Rutulis laudem, casusne deusne, Attulerit,

Verg. A. 12, 321:

sive illud deorum munus sive casus fuit,

Curt. 4, 7, 13:

quae casus obtulerat, in sapientiam vertenda ratus,

Tac. A. 1, 29:

ut quemque casus armaverat,

Sall. C. 56, 3:

si quos locus aut casus conjunxerat,

id. J. 97 fin.:

in aleam tanti casus se regnumque dare,

Liv. 42, 50, 2:

ludibrium casūs,

id. 30, 30, 5:

casum potius quam consilium sequatur,

Quint. 7, prooem. §

3: parata ad omnes casus eloquentia,

id. 10, 1, 2:

bellorum,

Tac. A. 1, 61:

satis jam eventuum, satis casuum,

id. ib. 2, 26:

adversi, secundi,

Nep. Dat. 5, 4; cf. Suet. Caes. 25; id. Oth. 9:

magnus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 30; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

mirificus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 2:

mirabiles,

Nep. Timol. 5, 1:

rariores,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19:

dubii,

Cat. 64, 216; Hor. S. 2, 2, 108:

varii,

Verg. A. 1, 204:

subiti repentinique,

Suet. Aug. 73.—Hence, in abl.: casu, adverbially, by chance, casually, by accident, accidentally:

quod si haec habent aliquam talem necessitatem, quid est tandem, quod casu fieri aut forte fortunā putemus?

Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18:

id evenit non temere nec casu,

id. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

sive casu sive consilio deorum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12; cf. Suet. Claud. 13:

necessitate an casu,

Quint. 3, 6, 26:

casu an persuasu et inductu,

id. 5, 10, 69:

casu an manibus impeditus,

Tac. A. 1, 13:

accidit casu ut legati, etc.,

Nep. Hann. 12, 1; cf. Hor. S. 1, 6, 53; 1, 9, 36; id. Ep. 1, 19, 18; Ov. M. 5, 118; 6, 359; 7, 84 et saep.—Hence, also,

A chance, an occasion, opportunity for something (esp. freq. in Sall. and Tac.):

aetas illa multo pluris quam nostra casus mortis habet,

Cic. Sen. 19, 67; cf.:

mortis durae casus,

Verg. A. 10, 791:

aut vi aut dolis sese casum victoriae inventurum,

Sall. J. 25, 9:

praeclari facinoris casum dare,

id. ib. 56, 4; so,

si casus daretur,

Tac. A. 1, 13; 11, 9:

invadendae Armeniae,

id. ib. 12, 50:

pugnae,

id. ib. 12, 28:

bene gerendae rei,

id. ib. 13, 36:

casum adferre,

Quint. 8, 4, 17.— Since the idea of suddenness, unexpectedness, easily passes into that of hostility, adverseness (cf. accido, 4.), casus signifies,

Esp., an adverse event, a misfortune, mishap, calamity, = sumphora:

meum illum casum tam horribilem, tam gravem, tam repentinum,

Cic. Sest. 24, 53; id. de Or. 1, 1, 2; Caes. B. G. 7, 1, 4:

dolens civitatis casum,

Sall. C. 40, 2; cf. id. J. 14, 22; 23, 2; Liv. 37, 17, 7; 23, 22, 3; Cat. 28, 11.—Of disease:

si alius casus lecto te adfixit,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 81; Ov. M. 4, 142; 14, 473; 15, 494:

res minime in hujusmodi casu noxia,

in the earthquake, Sen. Q. N. 6, 21, 2; id. Cons. ad Marc. 5, 3:

urbis Trojanae,

overthrow, Verg. A. 1, 623.—Hence,

Euphemist. for death:

Saturnini atque Gracchorum casus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 7:

sui quemque casus per quinquennium absumpsissent,

Liv. 23, 22, 3; Sall. J. 73, 1; Hor. S. 2, 5, 49; Suet. Aug. 65; cf. id. Caes. 89; id. Calig. 10.—

In gram. t. t., a case in the inflection of words:

propter eorum qui dicunt, sunt declinati casus, uti is qui de altero diceret, distinguere posset, quom vocaret, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 16 Müll.: casus dicimus... et vocabulorum formas, Paul. ex Fest. p. 58, 11 ib.:

ea (verba) sic et casibus et temporibus et genere et numero conservemus, ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 40:

barbari casus... casus rectus,

id. Or. 48, 160; Quint. 1, 5, 61:

obliqui,

id. 1, 6, 22:

nominativo, dativo, ablativo,

id. 7, 9, 13:

genitivo,

id. 1, 5, 62: Latinus, sextus, i. e. the ablative, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 277 P.:

conversi, i. e. obliqui,

Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64: interrogandi (i. e. genetivus), Nigid. ap. Gell. 13, 26 Hertz:

vocandi,

id. ib.:

septimus,

Quint. 1, 4, 26.

Cāsus, i, m., a river of Albania, that flows into the Caspian Sea, Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39; Mel. 3, 5, 4.

centŭrĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [centuria], to divide into centuries (acc. to centuria, I.).

Of land:

agrum,

Hyg. Lim. p. 195 Goes.; cf. Fest. p. 53 Müll.—

Of the army (only of infantry; cf. decurio), to arrange in centuries, assign to companies:

cum homines in tribunali Aurelio palam conscribi centuriarique vidissem,

Cic. Red. Quir. 5, 13: rem gerit palam (Octavius); centuriat Capuae;

dinumerat. Jam jamque vides bellum,

id. Att. 16, 9 fin.:

juventutem,

Liv. 25, 15, 9:

seniores quoque,

id. 6, 2, 6; 29, 1, 2:

equites decuriati, centuriati pedites,

id. 22, 38, 3; so id. 10, 21, 4:

Juventus Romana... equis delapsa se ipsam centuriavit,

i. e. reduced to infantry, Val. Max. 3, 2, n. 8: mulus centuriatus, for carrying provisions, Aur. ap. Vop. Aur. 7, 7.—

Facetiously:

eripiam ego hodie concubinam militi, Si centuriati bene sunt maniplares mei,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 3; cf. id. Curc. 4, 4, 29.—

Of the people in the meeting of the council, only part. perf.: comitia centuriata, in which all the Roman people voted according to centuries (this was done in the choice of higher magistrates, in decisions in respect to war and peace, and, until Sulla's time, in questions affecting life or citizenship; cf. Messala ap. Gell. 13, 15, 4; Lael. Felix ib. 15, 27, 4; Cic. Red. Sen. 11, 27), Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 44:

quod ad populum centuriatis comitiis tulit,

id. Phil. 1, 8, 19; Liv. 3, 55, 3; 8, 12, 15.—Facetiously:

Pseudolus mihi centuriata capitis habuit comitia,

i. e. has sentenced me to death, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 134 Lorenz ad loc.—Hence, P. a.: centŭrĭā-tus, a, um, of or belonging to the comitia centuriata: Centuriata lex, advised in the comitia centuriata, Cic. Agr. 2, 11, 26.

centŭrĭo (in many inscriptions before the time of Quintilian erroneously aspirated chenturio, like ch oronae, prae ch ones, etc., Quint. 1, 5, 20; cf. the letter C), ōnis, m. (access. form centŭrĭōnus, like curionus and decurionus, acc. to Fest. p. 49 Müll.) [centuria, II.], the commander of a century, a captain, centurion, occupying a station below the tribunus, Caes. B. G. 1, 40; 2, 25; 6, 39; Cic. Balb. 15, 34; Sall. J. 59, 3; Liv. 2, 27, 6; 7, 41, 5; Hor. S. 1, 6, 73; cf. Dict. of Antiq.

centŭrĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [centuria], to divide into centuries (acc. to centuria, I.).

Of land:

agrum,

Hyg. Lim. p. 195 Goes.; cf. Fest. p. 53 Müll.—

Of the army (only of infantry; cf. decurio), to arrange in centuries, assign to companies:

cum homines in tribunali Aurelio palam conscribi centuriarique vidissem,

Cic. Red. Quir. 5, 13: rem gerit palam (Octavius); centuriat Capuae;

dinumerat. Jam jamque vides bellum,

id. Att. 16, 9 fin.:

juventutem,

Liv. 25, 15, 9:

seniores quoque,

id. 6, 2, 6; 29, 1, 2:

equites decuriati, centuriati pedites,

id. 22, 38, 3; so id. 10, 21, 4:

Juventus Romana... equis delapsa se ipsam centuriavit,

i. e. reduced to infantry, Val. Max. 3, 2, n. 8: mulus centuriatus, for carrying provisions, Aur. ap. Vop. Aur. 7, 7.—

Facetiously:

eripiam ego hodie concubinam militi, Si centuriati bene sunt maniplares mei,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 3; cf. id. Curc. 4, 4, 29.—

Of the people in the meeting of the council, only part. perf.: comitia centuriata, in which all the Roman people voted according to centuries (this was done in the choice of higher magistrates, in decisions in respect to war and peace, and, until Sulla's time, in questions affecting life or citizenship; cf. Messala ap. Gell. 13, 15, 4; Lael. Felix ib. 15, 27, 4; Cic. Red. Sen. 11, 27), Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 44:

quod ad populum centuriatis comitiis tulit,

id. Phil. 1, 8, 19; Liv. 3, 55, 3; 8, 12, 15.—Facetiously:

Pseudolus mihi centuriata capitis habuit comitia,

i. e. has sentenced me to death, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 134 Lorenz ad loc.—Hence, P. a.: centŭrĭā-tus, a, um, of or belonging to the comitia centuriata: Centuriata lex, advised in the comitia centuriata, Cic. Agr. 2, 11, 26.

centŭrĭo (in many inscriptions before the time of Quintilian erroneously aspirated chenturio, like ch oronae, prae ch ones, etc., Quint. 1, 5, 20; cf. the letter C), ōnis, m. (access. form centŭrĭōnus, like curionus and decurionus, acc. to Fest. p. 49 Müll.) [centuria, II.], the commander of a century, a captain, centurion, occupying a station below the tribunus, Caes. B. G. 1, 40; 2, 25; 6, 39; Cic. Balb. 15, 34; Sall. J. 59, 3; Liv. 2, 27, 6; 7, 41, 5; Hor. S. 1, 6, 73; cf. Dict. of Antiq.

fēmĭna, ae, f. [from fe-, fev-, = Gr. phu-ô, to produce; whence: fetus, fecundus, faenus, felix; cf. Sanscr. bhuas, bhavas, to become; Lat. fi-o, fu-turus], a female.

Lit.

Of human beings, a female, woman (cf.: uxor, mulier, matrona;

conjux, marita): ut a prima congressione maris et feminae... ordiar,

Cic. Rep. 1, 24:

et mares deos et feminas esse dicitis,

id. N. D. 1, 34, 95:

ambiguus fuerit modo vir, modo femina Sithon,

Ov. M. 4, 280; cf. Lucr. 4, 819:

in claris viris et feminis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:

pulchritudine eximiā femina,

id. Div. 1, 25, 52:

feminae notitiam habere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 21 fin.:

naturam feminarum omnem castitatem pati,

Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29; cf. id. Rep. 3, 10 fin.:

bona,

id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; cf.:

praestantissima omnium feminarum,

id. Fam. 5, 8, 2:

sanctissima atque optima,

id. Phil. 3, 6, 16:

probatissima,

id. Caecin. 4, 10:

primaria,

id. Fam. 5, 11, 2:

decreta super jugandis feminis,

Hor. C. S. 19:

varium et mutabile semper femina,

Verg. A. 4, 570:

tunc femina simplex,

the female character undisguised, Juv. 6, 327.— Adj.:

inter quas Danai femina turba senis,

Prop. 2, 31 (3, 29), 4.—Applied as a term of reproach to effeminate men, Ov. M. 12, 470; Sil. 2, 361; Suet. Caes. 22; Just. 1, 3; Curt. 3, 10 fin. al.—

Of beasts, a female, she:

(bestiarum) aliae mares, aliae feminae sunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128: lupus femina feta repente, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 355, and ap. Non. 378, 18 (Ann. v. 70 and 73 ed. Vahl.); cf.:

habendas triduum ferias et porco femina piaculum pati (shortly before, porca),

Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57:

sus,

Col. 7, 9, 3:

anas,

Plin. 29, 5, 33, § 104:

anguis,

Cic. Div. 1, 18, 36; 2, 29, 62:

piscis,

Ov. A. A. 2, 482; Plin. 9, 50, 74, § 157; Ov. M. 2, 701.—

Transf., in the lang. of nat. hist., of plants and minerals:

mas in palmite floret, femina citra florem germinat tantum spicae modo,

Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 31; ib. § 34;

so of other plants,

id. 16, 33, 60, § 139; 16, 34, 62, § 145:

21, 10, 32, § 58 et saep.: in omni genere (carbunculorum) masculi appellantur acriores, et feminae languidius refulgentes,

Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 92;

of the loadstone,

id. 36, 16, 25, § 128.—In mechanics, cardo femina, different from cardo masculus (v. cardo, 2), Vitr. 9, 9 med. —

In gram., the feminine gender, Quint. 1, 6, 12; 1, 4, 24.

ingĕnĭum, ii, n. [in-geno, from gigno], innate or natural quality, nature.

In gen. (so mostly poet.; in Sall. and in postAug. prose;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): pro ingenio ego me liberum esse ratus sum, pro imperio tuo tibi servire aequom censeo,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 22: ite in frundiferos locos Ingenio arbusta ubi nata sunt, non obsita, by their own nature, Naev. ap. Non. 323, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 28 Rib.); so,

loci,

Sall. H. 3, 18 Dietsch:

locorum hominumque ingenia,

Liv. 28, 12, 11; Tac. A. 6, 41; id. H. 1, 51; Flor. 2, 6, 16 al.:

terrae,

Liv. 37, 54, 21:

montis,

Tac. H. 2, 4; cf.:

campi suopte ingenio humentes,

id. ib. 5, 14:

arvorum,

Verg. G. 2, 177;

and, portūs,

Sil. 14, 283:

arbores sui cujusque ingenii poma ferunt,

Col. 3, 1, 2:

lactis ingenia et proprietates,

Gell. 12, 1, 14:

ingenium velox igni, Sev. Aetn. 214: crines ingenio suo flexi,

naturally, Petr. 126:

ut magistratus imperio suo vehemens mansueto permitteretur ingenio,

Liv. 2, 30, 4; cf.:

cum honesta suopte ingenio peterentur,

in consequence of its own nature, Tac. A. 3, 26:

mitis ingenio,

id. ib. 6, 15:

cunctator ingenio,

id. ib. 15, 1:

ingenio trux,

id. H. 1, 21.—

Rarely of beasts: mitior ad feras bestias, praecipitia ingenia sortitas,

Curt. 8, 1, 35.—

In partic., of persons.

Natural disposition, temper, mode of thinking, character, bent, inclination:

feci ego ingenium meum,

have acted out, Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 2:

ita ingenium meumst,

id. Am. 3, 2, 18:

ut ingenium est omnium hominum ab labore proclive ad lubidinem,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 50:

liberale,

id. ib. 4, 5, 59:

pium ac pudicum,

id. Hec. 1, 2, 77:

durum atque inexorabile,

id. Phorm. 3, 2, 12:

inhumanum,

id. Eun. 5, 2, 41:

lene in liberos,

id. Heaut. 1, 1, 99:

utinam nunc matrescam ingenio,

Pac. Con. Rel. v. 139 Rib. (1 Rib., maturescam):

mobile,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 22:

cicur et mansuetum,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 91 Müll.:

inverecundum animi,

Cic. Inv. 1, 45, 83: vera loqui etsi meum ingenium non moneret. Liv. 3, 68, 9:

ingenio suo vivere,

id. 3, 36, 1: redire ad ingenium, to return to one ' s natural bent, to one ' s old courses, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 46:

Volscis levatis metu suum rediit ingenium,

Liv. 2, 22, 3: quae maxime ad muliebre ingenium efficaces preces sunt, id. 1, 9, 16:

vanum dictatoris,

id. 1, 27, 1:

mitis ingenii juvenem,

id. 1, 46, 4:

Turni ferox,

id. 1, 51, 7:

temperare suum,

to control his temper, id. 8, 36, 5:

horrida,

Curt. 4, 6, 3:

molliora,

id. 5, 6, 18:

humana,

id. 5, 10, 13:

felix,

Sen. Ep. 95, 36:

rapax,

id. ad Helv. 17, 4:

atrox,

Tac. A. 4, 50:

procax,

id. H. 3, 32: ingenium ingeni, in Plautus, signifies peculiarity of disposition, Stich. 1, 2, 69.—

Concr. collect.:

tanto corruptius iter immixtis histrionibus et spadonum gregibus et cetero Neronianae aulae ingenio,

the people who gave character to the court, Tac. H. 2, 71.—

With respect to intelligence.

Natural capacity, talents, parts, abilities, genius:

docilitas, memoria, quae fere appellantur uno ingenii nomine,

Cic. Fin. 5, 13, 36:

ingenium ad fingendum,

id. Font. 14, 30:

excellens ac singulare,

id. de Or. 2, 74, 298:

vir acerrimo ingenio,

id. Or. 5, 18:

cujus tanta vis ingenii est, ut, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 74, 299:

tardum,

id. ib. 2, 27, 117:

acutum aut retusum,

id. de Div. 1, 36, 72:

eximium,

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 68:

praestantissimum,

id. Fin. 2, 16, 51:

magnum,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

illustre,

id. Cael. 1, 1:

oratorium,

Tac. Dial. 10:

pulcherrimum et maximum,

Plin. Ep. 8, 12, 4:

hebetatum, fractum, contusum,

id. ib. 8, 14, 9:

celeres ingenii motus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 113:

ingenii acies,

id. ib. 3, 5, 20:

ingenii lumen,

id. Brut. 15, 59:

ingenii vis,

id. Phil. 5, 18, 49:

ingenii vena,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 9:

ingenii vigor,

Ov. M. 8, 254:

ingenii celeritas,

Nep. Eum. 1:

ingenii docilitas,

id. Att. 1:

ingenio abundare,

Cic. Fam. 4, 8, 1:

ingenio valere,

Quint. 1, 8, 8:

ingenio divino esse,

Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 117:

ingenio hebeti esse,

id. Phil. 10, 8, 17:

in eo ingenium ejus elucere videbatis,

id. Cael. 19, 45:

colere et imbuere ingenium artibus,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 16:

acuere,

Quint. 1, 4, 7:

alere,

id. 1, 8, 8:

exercere multiplici variāque materiā,

id. 2, 4, 20:

versabatur in hoc nostro studio cum ingenio,

with cleverness, Cic. Fam. 13, 10, 2; so,

cum ingenio,

Dig. 1, 16, 9:

ingenii memoria immortalis est,

Sen. Polyb. 18, 2.— Plur.:

acutiora ingenia et ad intellegendum aptiora eorum, qui, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 16, 42:

aliae (partes agrorum) quae acuta ingenia gignant, aliae quae retusa,

intellects, id. Div. 1, 36, 79 fin. —

Transf.

A genius, i. e. a man of genius, a clever, ingenious person:

excepi voluntatem tam excellens ingenium fuisse in civitate,

Cic. Brut. 40, 147; id. Rep. 2, 1, 2; Liv. 41, 4, 3:

nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit,

Sen. Tranq. An. 17, 10. — Plur.:

ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 62:

decora,

Tac. A. 1, 1:

magna,

id. H. 1, 1:

nostra (i. e. oratores,

id. Dial. 1; id. Agr. 2; Sen. Ep. 2, 1; id. ad Polyb. 27, 1:

candidissimus omnium magnorum ingeniorum aestimator Livius,

id. Suas. 6, 22:

ingenia et artes vel maxime fovit,

Suet. Vesp. 18; id. Aug. 89:

id in magnis animis ingeniisque plerumque contingit,

Cic. Off. 1, 22, 74.—

Of things, an invention, a clever thought:

exquisita ingenia cenarum,

Plin. Pan. 49, 7; cf. Tac. H. 3, 28:

noctium suarum ingenia (= flagitiosae libidinis inventiones),

voluptuous inventions, id. A. 16, 20.

pĭĕtas, ātis, f. [pius], dutiful conduct towards the gods, one's parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc., sense of duty.

Lit.

With respect to the gods, piety:

est enim pietas justitia adversus deos,

Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 115; 1, 2, 3; cf.: aequitas tripartita dicitur esse;

una ad superos deos, altera ad manes, tertia ad homines pertinere. Prima pietas, secunda sanctitas, tertia justitia aut aequitas nominatur,

id. Top. 23, 90: pietas adversus deos, id. [p. 1375] Fin. 3, 22, 73:

deos placatos pietas efficiet et sanctitas,

id. Off. 2, 3, 11; id. Rep. 1, 2, 2:

senex fretus pietate deum,

Naev. B. Punic. 3, 1; Enn. ap. Non. 160, 2 (Trag. v. 369 Vahl.): nec pietas ulla est, velatum saepe videri Vortier ad lapidem atque omnes accedere ad aras, etc., that is not piety, to incline with veiled head to the marble, etc., Lucr. 5, 1198.—

Conscientiousness, scrupulousness, Ov. F. 6, 607.—So of love and duty towards God (eccl. Lat.;

freq.),

Vulg. 2 Macc. 3, 1; id. 2 Pet. 1, 6.— Plur., Vulg. 2 Pet. 3, 11.—

With respect to one's parents, children, relatives, country, benefactors, etc., duty, dutifulness, affection, love, loyalty, patriotism, gratitude, etc.: Pa. Salve, mi pater insperate. Tr. Volup est, quom istuc ex pietate vestrā nobis contigit, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 132:

patrem tuom si percoles per pietatem,

dutifully, id. Trin. 2, 2, 3:

justitia erga deos religio, erga parentes pietas nominatur,

Cic. Part. 22, 78:

quid est pietas, nisi voluntas grata in parentes?

id. Planc. 33, 80:

justitiam cole et pietatem, quae cum sit magna in parentibus et propinquis, tum in patriā maxima est,

id. Rep. 6, 15, 15; cf.:

pietas, quae erga patriam aut parentes, aut alios sanguine conjunctos officium conservare monet,

id. Inv. 2, 22, 65; id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

pietas in matrem,

id. Lael. 3, 11; id. Att. 13, 39:

mi mater, tua pietas plane nobis auxilio fuit,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 122; cf.

v. 99: felix nati pietate,

Verg. A. 3, 480:

solemnia pietatis,

the last offices, Tac. Agr. 7:

egregium narras mirā pietate parentem,

Cat. 66, 29:

pietas erga aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 1:

in aliquem,

id. ib. 1, 9, 1:

hic tui omnes valent summāque pietate te desiderant,

id. ib. 6, 20, 2:

nec publicae pietatis intererat, quid vocarere,

to the affection of the citizens, Plin. Pan. 21, 3:

militiae,

Luc. 4, 499.—Towards a husband (rare):

neque id (officium nostrum) magis facimus quam nos monet pietas,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 6; cf.:

scelus est pietas in conjuge Tereo,

Ov. M. 6, 635.—The formula PIETATIS CAVSA or EX PIETATE (opp. EX TESTAMENTO), in epitaphs, denotes that the heir raised the monument to the deceased, not because compelled by the latter's last will, but out of affection and respect, Inscr. Orell. 4692; Inscr. Fabr. p. 710, n. 314.—

Transf., in gen. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).

Justice:

at tibi... pro talibus ausis Di, si qua est caelo pietas, quae talia curet, Persolvant grates dignas, etc.,

Verg. A. 2, 536; cf. Sil. 6, 410; so Verg. A. 5, 688:

summa deum pietas,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 1; cf. Liv. 4, 42.—

Gentleness, kindness, tenderness, pity, compassion:

permittite Patres Conscripti a pietate vestrā impetrari, ut damnatis liberum mortis arbitrium indulgeatis,

Suet. Dom. 11:

senatus,

Plin. Pan. 79, 4; Dig. 48, 9, 5.—In addressing a person:

mea pietas,

my kind friend, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 57.—

Pĭĕtas, personified, a goddess, Piety, who had two temples at Rome, Liv. 40, 34, 5; Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19; 2, 11, 28; id. Div. 1, 43, 98; Plin. 7, 36, 36, § 121; Val. Max. 5, 4, 7; Fest. p. 209 Müll.; Inscr. Orell. 1824 sq.; 3291.

Pĭĕtas, ātis, f., a Roman surname, Inscr. Marin. Atti, p. 329.—

Also, the name of a ship, Inscr. Orell. 3608.—

Pietas Julia, a Roman colony in Istria, the mod. Pola, Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129.

pĭĕtas, ātis, f. [pius], dutiful conduct towards the gods, one's parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc., sense of duty.

Lit.

With respect to the gods, piety:

est enim pietas justitia adversus deos,

Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 115; 1, 2, 3; cf.: aequitas tripartita dicitur esse;

una ad superos deos, altera ad manes, tertia ad homines pertinere. Prima pietas, secunda sanctitas, tertia justitia aut aequitas nominatur,

id. Top. 23, 90: pietas adversus deos, id. [p. 1375] Fin. 3, 22, 73:

deos placatos pietas efficiet et sanctitas,

id. Off. 2, 3, 11; id. Rep. 1, 2, 2:

senex fretus pietate deum,

Naev. B. Punic. 3, 1; Enn. ap. Non. 160, 2 (Trag. v. 369 Vahl.): nec pietas ulla est, velatum saepe videri Vortier ad lapidem atque omnes accedere ad aras, etc., that is not piety, to incline with veiled head to the marble, etc., Lucr. 5, 1198.—

Conscientiousness, scrupulousness, Ov. F. 6, 607.—So of love and duty towards God (eccl. Lat.;

freq.),

Vulg. 2 Macc. 3, 1; id. 2 Pet. 1, 6.— Plur., Vulg. 2 Pet. 3, 11.—

With respect to one's parents, children, relatives, country, benefactors, etc., duty, dutifulness, affection, love, loyalty, patriotism, gratitude, etc.: Pa. Salve, mi pater insperate. Tr. Volup est, quom istuc ex pietate vestrā nobis contigit, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 132:

patrem tuom si percoles per pietatem,

dutifully, id. Trin. 2, 2, 3:

justitia erga deos religio, erga parentes pietas nominatur,

Cic. Part. 22, 78:

quid est pietas, nisi voluntas grata in parentes?

id. Planc. 33, 80:

justitiam cole et pietatem, quae cum sit magna in parentibus et propinquis, tum in patriā maxima est,

id. Rep. 6, 15, 15; cf.:

pietas, quae erga patriam aut parentes, aut alios sanguine conjunctos officium conservare monet,

id. Inv. 2, 22, 65; id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

pietas in matrem,

id. Lael. 3, 11; id. Att. 13, 39:

mi mater, tua pietas plane nobis auxilio fuit,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 122; cf.

v. 99: felix nati pietate,

Verg. A. 3, 480:

solemnia pietatis,

the last offices, Tac. Agr. 7:

egregium narras mirā pietate parentem,

Cat. 66, 29:

pietas erga aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 1:

in aliquem,

id. ib. 1, 9, 1:

hic tui omnes valent summāque pietate te desiderant,

id. ib. 6, 20, 2:

nec publicae pietatis intererat, quid vocarere,

to the affection of the citizens, Plin. Pan. 21, 3:

militiae,

Luc. 4, 499.—Towards a husband (rare):

neque id (officium nostrum) magis facimus quam nos monet pietas,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 6; cf.:

scelus est pietas in conjuge Tereo,

Ov. M. 6, 635.—The formula PIETATIS CAVSA or EX PIETATE (opp. EX TESTAMENTO), in epitaphs, denotes that the heir raised the monument to the deceased, not because compelled by the latter's last will, but out of affection and respect, Inscr. Orell. 4692; Inscr. Fabr. p. 710, n. 314.—

Transf., in gen. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).

Justice:

at tibi... pro talibus ausis Di, si qua est caelo pietas, quae talia curet, Persolvant grates dignas, etc.,

Verg. A. 2, 536; cf. Sil. 6, 410; so Verg. A. 5, 688:

summa deum pietas,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 1; cf. Liv. 4, 42.—

Gentleness, kindness, tenderness, pity, compassion:

permittite Patres Conscripti a pietate vestrā impetrari, ut damnatis liberum mortis arbitrium indulgeatis,

Suet. Dom. 11:

senatus,

Plin. Pan. 79, 4; Dig. 48, 9, 5.—In addressing a person:

mea pietas,

my kind friend, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 57.—

Pĭĕtas, personified, a goddess, Piety, who had two temples at Rome, Liv. 40, 34, 5; Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19; 2, 11, 28; id. Div. 1, 43, 98; Plin. 7, 36, 36, § 121; Val. Max. 5, 4, 7; Fest. p. 209 Müll.; Inscr. Orell. 1824 sq.; 3291.

Pĭĕtas, ātis, f., a Roman surname, Inscr. Marin. Atti, p. 329.—

Also, the name of a ship, Inscr. Orell. 3608.—

Pietas Julia, a Roman colony in Istria, the mod. Pola, Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129.

prōles, is ( gen. plur. prolum, Mart. Cap. 3, § 301), f. [pro and root al- of alo, to nourish, whence olesco in ad-olesco, etc.; cf.: suboles, indoles].

Lit., that which grows forth; esp. of human beings, offspring, progeny, child, descendant; and collect., descendants, race, progeny, posterity (mostly poet.;

but cf.: nec fugerim dicere prolem, aut subolem aut effari, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 26, and v. in the foll. the passages from Cic.; syn. progenies). — Poet.:

propagando procudere prolem,

to bring forth, produce children, Lucr. 5, 856:

prolem est enixa gemellam,

Ov. M. 9, 452:

laudantur simili prole puerperae,

Hor. C. 4, 5, 23; id. C. S. 19:

di Romulae genti date remque prolemque,

id. ib. 47:

et pulchrā faciat te prole parentem,

Verg. A. 1, 75:

felix prole parens,

Val. Fl. 5, 384:

tua postuma proles,

Verg. A. 6, 763: ferrea proles, the iron race, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159:

aënea,

Ov. M. 1, 125:

argentea,

id. ib. 1, 114:

proles Ausonia,

the Ausonian race, Verg. A. 4, 236:

dic mihi, Teucrorum proles,

Juv. 8, 56.—In prose:

praeclara Brutorum atque Aemiliorum proles,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 2 Dietsch; Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40:

proles illa futurorum hominum,

race, id. ib. 6, 21, 23.—Of individuals ( poet.):

Ulixi,

i. e. Telemachus, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 40:

proles tertia Phorcus,

Ov. M. 7, 477:

Clymeneïa,

i. e. Phaëton, id. ib. 2, 19:

Apollinea,

i. e. Æsculapius, id. ib. 15, 533:

deūm certissima proles,

Verg. A. 6, 322:

egomet Neptunia proles,

Val. Fl. 4, 213.—Of deities:

Saturni altera proles,

Verg. A. 12, 830:

Bacchi rustica proles,

i. e. Priapus, Tib. 1, 4, 7:

Cyllenia proles,

Verg. A. 4, 268:

fulminis,

i. e. Bacchus, Sen. Med. 24; cf. Verg. A. 6, 25:

Jovis,

Vulg. Act. 19, 35.—Of animals:

hinc nova proles per herbas Ludit,

Lucr. 1, 259:

duellica equorum,

id. 2, 661; Phaedr. 2, 4, 19; Verg. G. 3, 65:

jam maris immensi prolem, genus omne natantum,

id. ib. 3, 541; Col. 7, 6, 7. — Poet., of plants:

et prolem tarde crescentis olivae,

i. e. the fruit, Verg. G. 2, 3; cf.: naturae contenta manu Zephyrique favore [p. 1463] Parturit (tellus), et tantā natorum prole superbit, Alan. Anti-Claud. 1, 79.—In plur.: privignasque rogat proles, Col. poët. 10, 163.—

Transf.

Youth, young men, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7:

sternitur Arcadiae proles,

Verg. A. 10, 429.—

The testicles (post-class.):

polimina sunt ea, quae nos proles verecundius dicimus,

Arn. 7, 230; 5, 172.

quam-vīs, adv. and conj.

Adv., as you will, as much as you will or like, ever so much, ever so; hence, to designate a very high degree, as much as possible, very much, exceedingly (class.):

quamvis multos nominatim proferre,

as many as you will, very many, Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

esse quamvis facetum atque salsum,

id. de Or. 2, 56, 228:

quamvis callide, quamvis audacter, quamvis impudenter,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:

quamvis subito,

id. Lael. 5, 17: et praeter eos quamvis enumeres multos licet, ever so many, id. Leg. 3, 10, 24:

per populum quamvis justum et moderatum,

id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; 2, 30, 101:

quamvis pauci,

Caes. B. G. 4, 2:

quamvis pernix,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 79:

ridiculus,

id. Men. 2, 2, 43:

humanus et jocosus homo,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5.—With sup.:

quamvis vitiosissimus orator,

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 103; Col. 7, 8, 4; 2, 2, 25; 4, 24, 19; Tac. H. 2, 30; 3, 28; Quint. 6, prooem. 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 17, 1.—

Conj., as much as ever you will, i. e. how much soever, however much, although, albeit; regularly joined with subj. (not so in Livy); only rarely, and mostly post-Aug., with indic. (v. infra).

With subj.:

homines, quamvis in turbidis rebus sint, tamen, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 39:

non igitur potestas est cum velis opitulandi rei publicae, quamvis ea prematur periculis, nisi, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

quamvis sit magna (exspectatio), tamen eam vinces,

id. ib. 1, 23, 37; cf.:

quamvis prudens ad cogitandum sis sicut es, tamen nisi, etc.,

id. Att. 12, 37, 2;

and with this cf.: huc accedit, quod quamvis ille felix sit sicut est, tamen, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 8, 22:

ipsas quamvis angusti terminus aevi Excipiat... At genus immortale manet,

Verg. G. 4, 206.—

In a negative clause: senectus enim quamvis non sit gravis,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11; 26, 97; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 23:

quamvis non fueris suasor,

Cic. Att. 16, 7, 2.—

With indic.:

erat inter eos dignitate regiā, quamvis carebat nomine,

Nep. Milt. 2, 2:

quamvis infesto animo et minaci perveneras,

Liv. 2, 40, 7; Cels. 1 praef.:

quamvis est enim omnis hyperbole ultra finem, non tamen esse debet ultra modum,

Quint. 8, 6, 73:

carne tamen quamvis distat nil,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 29:

quamvis tacet Hermogenes,

id. ib. 1, 3, 129; cf. Dillenb. ad Hor. C. 1, 28, 13; Verg. A. 5, 542; Ov. M. 2, 782. In Cic. only in joining to his discourse a Lucilian verse beginning with quamvis, Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 86.—

Without a verb, Carm. Marci ap. Fest. s. v. negumate, p. 165 Müll.:

res bello gesserat, quamvis rei publicae calamitosas, attamen magnas,

Cic. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

quamvis iniqua passi,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 6; id. Verr. 2, 3, 97, § 224; Col. 9, 14, 14.

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călo (as a very ancient word, with its derivatives also written kălo; v. the letter K), āre, v. a. [cf. Gr. kalô; Engl. call], to call, call out, proclaim, call together, summon, convoke; only as t. t. in reference to religious matters; v. Kalendae, and the ancient formulary in Varr. L. L. 6, § 27 Müll.; cf. Macr. S. 1, 15: calata comitia, a kind of comitia held for the purpose of consecrating a priest or a king. Of these, some were curiata, others centuriata, Laelius Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27 sq.:

Calata in Capitolium plebe,

Macr. S. 1, 15; Quint. 1, 6, 33.—Hence, sarcastically, on account of bribery, calatis granis (instead of comitiis), Cic. Sest. 33, 72 Orell.

cālo, ōnis, m. [kalon, timber for burning or joiner's work; kaiô, to burn], a servant in the army, a soldier ' s servant: calones militum servi dicti, qui ligneas clavas gerebant, quae Graece kala vocant, Paul. ex Fest. pp. 46 and 62 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 1; cf. Non. p. 62, 16; Veg. Mil. 3, 6; Dict. of Antiq.; so Caes. B. G. 6, 36; Liv. 27, 18, 12; 30, 4, 1; Tac. H. 1, 49; 3, 20 fin.; 3, 33; Suet. Calig. 51; id. Galb. 20.—On account of their stupidity:

sambucam citius caloni aptaveris alto,

Pers. 5, 95.—

Transf.

Any low servant, drudge, Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 11; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 42; id. S. 1, 2, 44; 1, 6, 103; Sen. Ep. 110, 17.—

Acc. to Isidorus, some called the tragic buskins calones, because they were made of willow, Isid. Orig. 19, 34, 6.

fētus ( foet-), a, um, adj. [Part., from ‡ FEO, whence also: fecundus, femina, fenus, felix], that is or was filled with young (syn.: gravidus, praegnans).

Pregnant, breeding (mostly poet.).

Lit.:

lenta salix feto pecori,

Verg. E. 3, 83; 1, 50:

vulpes,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 5.—

Transf.

Of land, fruitful, productive:

(terra) feta parit nitidas fruges, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 994; cf.: terra feta frugibus et vario leguminum genere, * Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

loca palustribus ulvis,

Ov. M. 14, 103:

regio nec pomo nec uvis,

id. P. 1, 7, 13; id. F. 1, 662.—Also of plants:

palmites,

Col. 3, 21, 3.—

In gen., filled with any thing, full:

machina armis,

Verg. A. 2, 238:

loca furentibus austris,

id. ib. 1, 51:

colla serpentis veneno,

Sil. 17, 448.—

Trop., full of. —With abl.:

feta furore Megaera,

Sil. 13, 592:

praecordia bello,

id. 17, 380:

praecordia irā,

id. 11, 203. —With gen.:

fetas novales Martis,

Claud. Bell. Get. 25;

and in a Gr. construction: fetus Gradivo mentem,

id. 10, 14.—

That has brought forth, newly delivered: veniebant fetam amicae gratulatum, Varr. ap. Non. 312, 12:

agiles et fetae (opp. tardiores et gravidae),

Col. 7, 3 fin.:

ursa,

Ov. M. 13, 803:

lupa,

Verg. A. 8, 630:

ovis,

id. E. 1, 50; Ov. F. 2, 413:

qua feta jacebat uxor et infantes ludebant,

Juv. 14, 167.— Absol.:

insueta gravis temptabunt pabula fetas,

Verg. E. 1, 49.

fētus ( foet-), ūs ( heteroclit. abl. plur.: fetis, Att. ap. Non. 489, 6, v. in the foll.), m. [‡ feo, v. the preced. art.]..

Abstr., a bringing forth, bearing, dropping, hatching of young (rare but class.):

pater (Juppiter) curavit, uno ut fetu fieret,

at one birth, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 25:

quarum (bestiarum) in fetu et in educatione laborem cum cernimus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 63:

cornix inauspicatissima fetus tempore,

Plin. 10, 12, 14, § 30:

secundi fetus pecudes signari oportet,

Col. 11, 2, 38.—

Transf., of plants, a bearing, producing:

quae frugibus atque bacis terrae fetu profunduntur,

Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 25:

periti rerum adseverant, non ferre (Arabiam) tantum annuo fetu (casiae), quantum, etc.,

Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 83. —

Concr., young, offspring, progeny, brood (the predom. signif. of the word, in sing. and plur.; esp. freq. in poets; cf.:

catulus, pullus, hinnus, hinnuleus): quae (bestiae) multiplices fetus procreant, ut sues, ut canes, his mammarum data est multitudo,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128:

facile illa (piscium ova) aqua et sustinentur et fetum fundunt,

id. ib.:

fetus ventri exsecti,

Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 217:

cervae lactens fetus,

a fawn, Ov. M. 6, 637:

melliferarum apium,

id. ib. 15, 382:

ex die emptionis, et fetus pecorum et ancillarum partus ad emptorem pertinent,

Paul. Sent. 2, 17, 7:

quis (paveat), Germania quos horrida parturit Fetus?

the German brood, Hor. C. 4, 5, 27.—So very rarely of human beings:

si vitium factum esset, ut (mulier) concipere fetus non posset,

Gell. 4, 2, 10.—

Transf., of plants, fruit, produce:

ager novatus et iteratus, quo meliores fetus possit et grandiores edere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 30, 131; cf.:

nutriant fetus et aquae salubres Et Jovis aurae,

Hor. Carm. Sec. 31:

(arbores) crescunt ipsae fetuque gravantur,

Lucr. 1, 253; cf. id. 1, 351: Cithaeron frondet viridantibus fetis, Att. ap. Non. 489, 6:

arborei,

Verg. G. 1, 55:

mutatis requiescunt fetibus arva,

id. ib. 1, 82;

4, 231: silvae dant alios aliae fetus,

id. ib. 2, 442:

triticei,

Ov. F. 1, 693: gravidi ( of grapes), id. M. 8, 294:

nucis, i. e. surculus, auricomi,

the golden-bough, id. Am. 6, 141; Verg. G. 2, 69:

omnis fetus repressus exustusque flos,

Cic. Brut. 4, 16.—Of veins of metals:

atros fetus chalybis,

Sil. 1, 230.—

Trop.:

nec ulla aetate uberior oratorum fetus fuit,

progeny, growth, Cic. Brut. 49, 182:

animi,

production, id. Tusc. 5, 24, 68:

dulces Musarum expromere fetus,

Cat. 65, 3.

irrădĭo ( inr-), āre, v. a. and n. [1. inradio], to illumine, irradiate; to beam forth, cast forth rays ( poet. and post-class.).

Lit.:

hoc undique gemmae irradiant,

Stat. Th. 6, 64.—

Trop.:

artes Romanis floribus,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 84.—

Neutr.:

coeperat felix Irradiare dies,

to dawn, break, Sedul. 5, 315; Ambros. Apol. Dav. 8, § 45.

irrădĭo ( inr-), āre, v. a. and n. [1. inradio], to illumine, irradiate; to beam forth, cast forth rays ( poet. and post-class.).

Lit.:

hoc undique gemmae irradiant,

Stat. Th. 6, 64.—

Trop.:

artes Romanis floribus,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 84.—

Neutr.:

coeperat felix Irradiare dies,

to dawn, break, Sedul. 5, 315; Ambros. Apol. Dav. 8, § 45.